Mount Larrabee is called “the largest reddish rock in the North Cascades”, and it was once referred to as the Red Mountain. We know we will deal with lots of loose rocks and it will be a short day. To beat the heat and avoid any climbers in front of us, who might kick off rocks, I picked up my friend at his home in North Burnaby at 4:20am; and then headed to Sumas, where nobody was waiting to cross the border. It only took a bit more than 2 hours to get to Twin Lakes parking area, where there were many campers. We had a quick breakfast and then started hiking to the High Pass Trail, a very beautiful trail. We did not see anyone else on the trail and took it easy to enjoy the views around. Soon we were on the steep scree hill to a ridge thing, where we saw a very short faint “trail” leading to the gully. Since nobody was in front of or behind us, we had a break at the bottom of the gully. Many loose rocks but manageable. Several times we felt that we were off route, as we were in areas with more than Class 3 scrambling. We did not see any cairns the whole trip. 3 hours later after we left the parking area, we stood at the top. Very impressive views though very smoky & hazy in the distance. We took our time enjoying the views for quite a while till I felt a sudden sharp pain in my back. My friend and I checked it and found I got a wasp sting. By this time, we found many wasps flying around. We quickly packed up and left the peak. Once we were back to High Pass trail, we had another lengthy break, enjoying the views. It was very interesting that we did not find anyone on this beautiful trail. We hiked leisurely back to the parking area. C2C 6 hours 10 minutes including all nice breaks. Totally 10.7 kilometers with 1006 meters of elevation gain.
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