Blowdown Pass

Dogs No Dogs

Features Commonly Backpacked · Fall Colors · Lake · Views · Wildflowers · Wildlife

Easy access to the alpine with many peak-bagging opportunities, especially if backpacking in and setting up a basecamp. Abundant wildflowers and a picturesque alpine lake close to the trail.

Follow the decent but sometimes rough logging road until there is a somewhat defined parking lot at the end. It's easiest to take the previous road that heads upwards and East. The road/trail continues until the pass, at which point you can enjoy the views and then turn around, or follow trails up the nearby Gott Peak and/or Gotcha Peak. Great views with not too much effort.

Beware, as grizzlies are known to frequent the area and we almost ran into one on the trail on the way back to the vehicle.

Lots of wildflowers. Grizzly bears....be prepared.