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The parking area and trailhead off of Highway 2.
Large fir trees early on the trail.
A blooming trailside trillium (Trillium ovatum).
Winding through second-growth western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) to the top of the ridge.
Looking across the Skykomish Valley to Mount Index ( 5,991').
Heybrook Lookout.
Looking up the 74' tower.
Some hikers heading out below.
A view Baring Mountain (6,129') to the east.
A closer look at Baring Mountain's two summits (6,129' and 6,014').
Some hikers looking at a map while resting below.
A view of the Barclay Creek valley just north of Baring Mountain (6,129').
Hikers on the trail.