Hikers rejoice: Renewed road to Mount Pilchuck, Mountain Loop to open

VERLOT — Beyond the closed gate at Bedal Pass along the Mountain Loop Highway, it gets a little squishy.

It takes less than a quarter-mile walk to start feeling your boots sink into the center of the road. It’s not quicksand, just a little too wet to have cars on the road.

Come Monday, though, the gravel section of Mountain Loop Highway between Bedal Pass and Darrington will reopen after being closed for six months. That section — a key access point to many of the most gorgeous vistas in the Glacier Peak Wilderness — has been closed since Dec. 7.

Just in time for the longest days of summer, it’ll be a busy week of road openings for the U.S. Forest Service.

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