Turtle and I both have different reasons for being here but some of our reasons are the same. As we are racing against the impending weather that engulfs the Northern Cascades each year it is easy to forget about those reasons and only focus on miles but when you reach campsites like this one which we ranked 5 star primo on our scale of 1-5 we are reminded of why we started this trek in the first place.
This picture shows Summit Lake at Sunrise and you can see Diamond Peak in the distance.