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Ice Caves! I had heard that there were ice caves somewhere in Wa. I looked them up, and found there are 2 places. One is closer, up east of Everett, and it had great reviews. An easy 1 mile hike, good for kids, amazing ice caves, and a beautiful area we had never been to. There is a camp ground nearby, so I thought we might spend the night. But back to the Big Four Ice Caves. I called the ranger station twice asking about them, because there was a bridge that was under construction, due to be done sometime around 4th of July. We were hoping to go on the 3rd if the bridge was open. It was, and we headed up. When we went to the ranger station in Verlot, where I thought the caves were, I kept hearing people asking about buying passes. Turns out the caves are 14 miles further, and you do need a $5 day pass. No problem. BUT...there are no ice caves at this time of year! Whoops! Kipp had seen one article mention that, but all the ones I saw didn't say that, and didn't mention that they only came out later in the summer! We headed over anyway and took the hike.
This is up in the mountains, and we thought it might be cool. No way! It was at least 85deg, even up by the snow. Turns out there is a big Ice field! So I is now for Ice field! It was fun and amazing. Squishy snow, freezing your toes, gorgeous mountains all around you, and hot sun!
This is as close as we got to an ice cave, sort of an Ice Crevice. It's only about 2 feet high. Kyler hated touching the snow, but the rest of it was great. It was pretty cold when the snow got stuck under your foot and started melting. Gorgeous view of moutains ringing this spot, and a good hike. Everyone had fun.