Ipaki
Church Mountain Trailhead
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The rewards for this strenuous hike are a bouquet of fall colors and a vast panorama of North Cascades mountains. From the trailhead, the route up Church Mountain starts deceptively easy with a 0.5-mile stroll up an old forest road. Then it gets right down to business with lots of switchbacks winding up and around the west side of the mountain. The trees are fairly dense, which you'll actually appreciate on warmer days, though they obstruct any big views until later—look for the occasional peek of Mount Baker above or the North Fork Nooksack River below as you continue to climb.
The rewards for this strenuous hike are a bouquet of fall colors and a vast panorama of North Cascades mountains. From the trailhead, the route up Church Mountain starts deceptively easy with a 0.5-mile stroll up an old forest road. Then it gets right down to business with lots of switchbacks windi…