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Boundary Trail.....Horsehoe Basin-Okanogan National Forest




























15 Miles round trip....The paved road you take up out of Loomis, Washington is rough....tire eating potholes.....from there you take a very rough dirt road....it is suggested high clearance vehicles only, trailers not recommended......not a maintained road...there was several low clearance rigs at the trailhead...brave souls....it is a very rough slow going road even in a high clearance vehicle....The weather was a mix of bright blue sky's....dark rain clouds moving around...thunder rumbling in the distances....one of those days your were glad you packed your rain jacket and kept it handy...lots of water on the trail....some spots were pretty soggy with nice deep mud that was impossible to avoid....after you reach the first meadow before heading up Sunny camp the flowers are blooming like crazy.......the pika's were busy making noise through the burn area.....crossing over Sunny Pass the view of Horseshoe Basin is spectacular.....we spotted a very large black bear down in the meadows while we sat for lunch before we continued on to Louden Lake....the rain started and it came down for about 10 minutes and soaked us pretty good....made our trail even muddier...by then we stopped trying to reroute around the worst of the water and mud in the trails...made for a nice and dirty hike....stopped and rested at Louden Lake.....changed socks and soaked up the sun.....long hike out......a huge area to explore....the long drive out pretty much shakes and rattles every bone in your body....spotted a moose with twin babies....pretty close to the road......sweet little babies....the hike is fairly easy.....very gradual elevation gain....follows a old road for a long ways in...before it becomes an actual trail.....the trail has had some serious damage from snow and water, makes for deep tracks in some places....a beautiful place to see lots of flowers and maybe see some wildlife...
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