North Cascades National Park | Maple Pass Loop

Please Note: This trail (Maple Pass Loop) although considered by most to be in Cascades National Park, is technically just outside the park in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. Hence, the reason drones are also permissible.

Thank you Randy. It was so nice seeing both you and Shane hiking together. The scenery was absolutely breathtaking. Thank you Shane for looking after your Dad when he hurt his calf, you saved him. God Bless you both.. Robin 🙂

First of all, I hope your calf is doing well, and it is great to see Shane out there with you :) He sure has grown since last we have seen him.  Amongst the beauty and wonder that nature provides lies the potential for danger. We must be in awe of both. In my years as an outdoor educator, I have seen and heard tales of folks putting themselves in dangerous situations mostly due to lack of knowledge and being unprepared, neither of which you bring with you. I am always grateful when you teach, talk about, and/or share your knowledge and experiences in these situations. Safety first! You have done some videos on how you plan and pack for trips and hikes. A future video on how to use GPS and downloadable maps might be helpful to those wishing to venture further into the wild.

Great video! Loved the drone footage, so so beautiful. These places make me want to worship! His glory on display!!

Amazing beauty up there. Glad I could participate via the video. That’s a lot of snow. Nice to see my favorite guys having fun together!

First, I pray your calf is healing quickly and second the close encounter with a mountain goat is really special! Thanks!

Love your videos. Hiking is such wonderful family adventure.

So you were there just 3 days after us! We did this hike counterclockwise too and turned around at that well known 2.5 mile mark near Heather Pass. I had the Alltrails app and winter equipment but my son didn’t so we decided it was best to turn around. Sorry about your injury but so glad you finished the loop! One of our most remote parks but definitely worth visiting! God bless.

Randy, What a great Father-Son trip! Glad to see you made it back to Washington State! Shane is growing up so fast, and we can see is a very good hiking companion for you. As always, I enjoy the family videos the best and was pleasantly surprised to see this new one today. It is going to be hot this coming week, and we were surprised how hot it got at the North Cascades National Park last summer, that snow will melt quickly now (we had above average snowfall this winter/spring). What great views and weather you had on your hike (great video of teh Mountain Goat!). THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE VIEW AND TAKING US ALONG ON YOUR HIKE, . . . Mike

Love seeing that beautiful creation once again. I'm so glad you and Shane had some Father son time. Sorry about your calf. That's an owie! Our bodies are amazing natural healers. God bless!

This is such an amazing trail! The technicality and physicality of it does give the hiker fantastic payoffs throughout the hike with scenery, flora and fauna. Congratulations to both you and Shawn for persevering! I appreciate your continual teaching moments in your videos. Thanks for sharing this with us and for all your efforts in planning, packing, doing, and editing! I pray that your injury has healed well…take care always.

That view from the top was wild! Endless peaks in every direction. And the snow, with all the green in the valleys - love the colors. Glad you guys had a good time hiking together!

This is great. I've grown up in washington my whole life (just left it for college) and my brother and I for the first time went to Mt Rainier a few weeks ago. We did the Pinnacle Peak trail which was virtually completely snowed over. We had to navigate with my phone to see where the trail went. Some parts were really sketchy as we hiked over snowed over banks that had to have been an incline of 45 degrees. At one point we both started to slip and had to dig our fingers into the snow to catch ourselves. I absolutely love North Cascades too. I've only been to the southeastern part of the park where we take our family ski boat up to Stehekin each year. Absolute blast!

Thanks, this was very timely for my planning and sure is a great follow up to your previous looks at this area.

Awesome, stunning views. It really did look to be the top of the world. An amazing trail. Experience really does count on trails like this where there is still plenty of snow. I hope your injury was not too serious. You both looked ready for that trail to end as darkness fell. I am sure though after you were both pleased to have had such a day.

What an amazing place! Nice video. Thank you for your review😄

I can say from personal experience that the view from the top is absolutely breathtaking. Great views, great shot selection, and great calf laceration 😊 Looked like you guys had quite the adventure, and I’m glad you made it down safe. Thanks for sharing your trip!

Yeah I'm actually going to North Cascade's National Park for the 1st time in September and I can't wait! After all the years of adventuring and stuff that you've done thankfully this is the worst accident you've ever had. You have truly had the lord watching over you my friend. Great hike and thanks for sharing Randy!

Great job Shane! Ouch on the leg, Randy. Incredible views from up there - wow!

You’re the man! Another absolutely breathtaking video.