My decision to hike on the east side of the North Cascades in the Leavenworth area, during the first weekend of June, was originally born from a severe discontentment with the unseasonably cold weather in Seattle. The possibility of sunshine and warmer weather was more than enough reason for my boyfriend and me to load up the car and head east for bluer skies. Little did I know what I was about to experience on this memorable day spent hiking in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness.
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