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September 16, 2001 -
Big Four Ice Caves &
Old Robe Trail (Monte Cristo Railroad)

Time (RT): A long, lazy afternoon
Total Distance (RT): ~5.8 miles
Difficulty: Easy
  • Big Four Ice Caves @ Yahoo! Outdoors
  • Old Robe Trail @ Seattle P-I

    Related Book:
    Winter Hikes in Puget Sound & The Olympic Foothills
    Best Short Hikes in Washington's North Cascades & San Juan Islands

  • From Granite Falls, drive the Mountain Loop Highway. At the top of a hill, 7.5 miles, is The Old Robe Trail. The Big Four Ice Caves trailhead at 25.3 miles.
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    View from a bridge
    on trail to Big Four

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    Monkeys on the bridge
    making shadows

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    Our first view
    of Big Four...

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    Almost completely
    collapsed

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    Silly Alterna-Chris looks
    for cave paintings!

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    Inside the Blue
    Ice Cave

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    I just don't know

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    Time for the Old Robe

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    Fall colors on
    the Old Robe Trail

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    Pools in the rocks
    along the Stillaguamish

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    Monte Cristo railroad
    grade follows the Stilly

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    Robe Canyon

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    Just inside Tunnel 5...

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    Picture (using flash)
    from inside Tunnel 5

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    Ghost of railroad tracks
    leading into the tunnel

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    Leaving Tunnel 6

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    All photos Copyright © Chris Duval