ʻO ka heleʻana i ka maunaʻo Baker Highway he ala nui loa ia, e piha i ka nani o nā helehelena. ʻOiai, ma kaʻoihana,ʻo ke alanui Wakinekonaʻo Wakinekona a me ke alanui'ōuli o nā nāhere lāʻau. ʻO ke ala e hele ana ma Highway 542 mai Bellingham , e hele ana ma nā'āina mahiʻai a me ka nahele ma mua o ka holoʻana ma luna o 5100 kapuaʻi i kahi o Art Point. ʻO ka hapa nui o ke ala (116 mau mile) hele a puni ka makahiki, e piʻi iāʻoe e like me ka maunaʻo Baker Ski Area.
ʻO nāʻike o nā kahawaiʻo Nooksack, ka puʻuʻo Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, a me nā wahi kiʻekiʻe o ka North Cascade Mountain Range e hiki ke mahaloʻia i ka hoʻoilo a me ke kauwela. ʻO kekahi o nā wahi nani a me nā mea mahalo nui e waiho ana ma mua o ka wahi mākaʻikaʻi, kahi i weheʻia ai ke alanui i nā mahina mahana. ʻO nā vistas maikaʻi loa a me nā holo ma kaʻaoʻaoʻo ka mauna Baker Highway aia ma Heather Meadows a me Artist Point. ʻO ka hoʻolālāʻana i kāu huakaʻi iʻAukake a i ka mahinaʻo Kepakemapa e hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohana i nā kūlana nani a me ka nani. Ma ka hopena o ka mahinaʻo Kekemapa a me ka hoʻomakaʻana oʻOkakopa, e lawe mai i kahiʻano hina .
Ka mea eʻike i mua o kou hele
- ʻAʻohe lawelawe ma keʻano o ka meaʻai, ke kino, a iʻole ka hoʻokuʻuʻana i nā hale mīkini ma waho o ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Glacier ma Mile 33, no laila e hōʻoia e lawe mai i nā pōpilikia a me ka nui o ka wai.
- Hoʻokomoʻia nā'īlio ma nā leashes ma ka hapanui, akāʻaʻole nā mea a pau, nā ala
- Pono i kahi hana hoʻokele. Ināʻaʻoleʻoe e hele i ka makahiki e pono ai, hiki iāʻoe ke kūʻai i kahi pāʻina hana i ka lā ma ke Glacier Public Service Center, ma Mile 34.
Kahi e pani ai ma ke ala
ʻO kahi alahele hele nui e hoʻohui mau loa ai i nā hanana me ka nui o ka hauʻoli i kahi e hiki ai iāʻoe ke hele aʻike. Hiki iāʻoe keʻike i kahi mau wahi hoʻomaha ma ka mauna Baker Highway, ma loko a ma waho o ka Nāhelehele ākea. Ma waena o nā koho he nui, ua mahalo nuiʻia kēia mau mea.
Glacier Public Service Center (mile 34)
I ka wā i hoʻomakaʻia,ʻo kēia kahua kiʻekiʻeʻo Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest kahi kahi e kamaʻilio ai me nā mea akamai e pili ana i nā alahele a me nā alanui o kēia wā, e kiʻi i nā palapala'āina a me nā palapala kuhikuhi, a me ke kūʻaiʻana i nā hana hoʻokele. A me nā keʻenaʻaila; ʻO kēia kahi hale hoʻomaha hale hope hope loa ma ke alaloa me nā hale wīwī liʻiliʻi, no laila e mālama pono i kēia manawa kūpono. ʻO ia kahi kahi hope e hoʻopiha ai i nā hue wai.
Nooksack Falls (mile 40)
ʻO kahi ala pōkole mai ke alaloa nui ma ke alanui Wells Creek (kahi alanui lepo maikaʻi) e alakaʻi iāʻoe i kahi e nānā ai no kēia kalo.
Picture Lake (mile 55)
No ka hapanui o ka makahiki,ʻo kēia loko iʻa nuiʻo photogenic e like me ka hiki iāʻoe ke hele ma ke alaloaʻo Baker Highway. ʻO ke alanui e pili ana i ke kai, e like me kahi ala mālie a hiki i kahi mile mile. Mai ke ala (a iʻole kahi wahi kaʻa) hiki iāʻoe keʻoluʻolu i ka nānā aku i ka Mt. ʻO Shuksan,ʻo ia ka mea iʻoluʻolu loa i ka hele pūʻana me ka hoʻomanaʻoʻana i ka loko kai.
He wahi mākaʻikaʻiʻo Heather Meadows (mile 56)
ʻOiai ka hale hoʻokipa o ka malihini kipa a me ka mōʻaukala,ʻo ia ka wahi e pili ana, e like me ka Table Mountain a me ka lāʻo Bagley. Hiki iāʻoe keʻimi i kahi ma kahi māmāʻo Fire & Ice Trail, ke ala kūponoʻo Bagley Lakes Trail, aʻo kaʻoi aku o ka papaʻo Chain Lakes nui loa.
Makaena Point (mile 58)
Ma hope o kou hōʻehaʻana i kou alanui i uka o ka mauna Baker Highway,ʻo nā wahi nani o nā mauna nani a hiki i kahi palena nui loa ma Artist Point. ʻO kahi hākile pōkole e lawe iāʻoe i kaʻike nuiʻo Mount Baker iho, i ka piko o ka lua pele i ka hema hema o Artist Point. ʻAʻole ponoʻoe e haʻalele i kahi kaʻa kaʻa e nānā ai i ka nani o Mt. ʻO Shuksan a me ka North Cascade Range. ʻO nā ala hele wāwae, e pili ana i ke alahele kiʻiʻo Ridge Ridge, eʻae iāʻoe e hoʻolālā i nā manaʻo ma nāʻaoʻao a pau.
Hōʻikeʻia ka lā Hikes Ma luna o ka mauna Baker Highway
ʻO kekahi o nā mea e leʻaleʻa ana i ka maunaʻo Baker Highway i kēia manawaʻo ia ka maʻalahi o ka uhakiʻana i kaʻaoʻao "alanui" me ka manawa ma nā alahele o ke ala a iʻole nā lā pōkole. Palapala 'āina a me nā kiko'ī no kēia hikes, a hiki ke loaʻa hou aku ma ka pūnaewele puni honua o Mount Baker-Snoqualmie.
Mai poina e nīnau e pili ana i ke kūlana o nā ala hele i kēia manawa ma ka Hale HōʻikeʻikeʻOihana Glacier.
Ka Lā Pōpē a me ka Miki
- Picture Lake (1/2 mile loop)
- Ke ahi & Ice (1/2 mile loop)
- Ridge Ridge (1 mile)
- ʻO Boyd Creek (1/4 mile)
ʻO nā Hikes Hōʻaikaʻi Hou Loa
- ʻO Chain Lakes (6.5 mile mile)
- Heliotrope Ridge (5.5 mile ma ka huakaʻi hele)
- Ka Honua Skyline (9 mile round trip)
Nā Meaʻai & inu IniʻO ke alaʻo Baker Highway
Aia kekahi meaʻai nui a me ka mea inu e pili ana i ka Ala Highway 542.ʻO ka lonoʻino, ua maʻalahiʻia ma ka hapa mua o ke ala. ʻO ka lono maikaʻi, e hoʻohanaʻoe i nā mea i kēlā me kēia ala, e hoʻoluluʻoe i ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka heleʻana a hoʻomāʻona i ka maʻi āu i hana ai i ka lā ma ke ala. Eia kekahi mau'ōlelo aʻo:
- ʻO ka North Fork Brewery (mile 20)
ʻO kēia "hale beere", pizzeria, a me ka hale pulepule hāʻawi i nā microbrews i hanaʻia ma luna o ka pūnaewele a me ka pizza maikaʻi, nā momona, nā mīkini, a me nā salama. - 'Āla Kai Grahams (mile 33)
Ma lalo o ke kuleana hou mai ka makahiki 2011,ʻo Grahams Restaurant i Glacier ka hoʻomauʻana i ka hāʻawiʻana i nā mea pupuhi, pia, a me nā meaʻoihana hale'ē aʻe. - ʻO Milanoʻo Pasta Fresca (mile 33)
ʻO kēia haleʻaina hale e hōʻike i nā mea'alia Italiano hou a me ka pilikino maoli nō a me nā kāpuni a me nā momona. ʻO kā lākou Foriana pasta kīʻaha, me nā kuʻikuhi a me nā māla waina, he meaʻono a maikaʻi.