Baker Lake

Jason Lee Lovelady Jason Lovelady was 38 years old at the time of his disappearance on October 5, 2013.

Jason went missing while picking pinecones with his mother and stepfather near Baker Lake on Forest Service Road 12 on the Elbow Lake Trailhead in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

He went on ahead of his parents and was not seen again.

He had a three-gallon plastic white bucket with him.

Jason Lee Lovelady Jason Lovelady was 38 years old at the time of his disappearance on October 5th, 2013.

Jason went missing while picking pine cones with his mother and stepfather near Baker Lake on Forest Service Road 12 on the Elbow Lake Trailhead in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

He went on ahead of his parents and was not seen again.

He had a three-gallon plastic white bucket with him.

Jason Lee Lovelady Jason Lovelady was 38 years old at the time of his disappearance on October 5th, 2013.

Jason went missing while picking pine cones with his mother and stepfather near Baker Lake on Forest Service Road 12 on the Elbow Lake Trailhead in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

He went on ahead of his parents and was not seen again.

He had a three-gallon plastic white bucket with him.

While most of the Baker has been impounded behind a hydroelectric dam near the town of Concrete, Washington, there's still one wild stretch tucked into a remote corner of North Cascades National Park.

A few miles of trail take you from the northern edge of Baker Lake to the banks of Sulfide Creek.

Beyond that, it's towering old-growth forests, brush bashing, and navigating soft sand and ankle-busting cobbles while you walk along open riverbanks.

I can't help but laugh at my naivety about believing that my trip, hauling packrafts up into the Baker Headwaters, would earn me a first ascent.

Jason Lovelady was 38 years old at the time of his disappearance on October 5th, 2013.

Jason went missing while picking pine cones with his mother and stepfather near Baker Lake on Forest Service Road 12 on the Elbow Lake Trailhead in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

He went on ahead of his parents and was not seen again.

He had a three-gallon plastic white bucket with him, was wearing a red and black flannel shirt, light green shorts, and brown ankle-high work boots.

Jason Lee Lovelady Jason Lovelady was 38 years old at the time of his disappearance on October 5th, 2013.

Jason went missing while picking pinecones with his mother and stepfather near Baker Lake on Forest Service Road 12 on the Elbow Lake Trailhead in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

He went on ahead of his parents and was not seen again.

He had a three-gallon plastic white bucket with him.

Jason Lovelady was 38 years old at the time of his disappearance on October 5th, 2013.

Jason went missing while picking pine cones with his mother and stepfather near Baker Lake on Forest Service Road 12 on the Elbow Lake trailhead in the Mt. Baker National Forest.

He went on ahead of his parents and was not seen again.

He had a three-gallon plastic white bucket with him, was wearing a red and black flannel shirt, light green shorts, and brown ankle-high work boots.

Jason Lee Lovelady Jason Lovelady was 38 years old at the time of his disappearance on October 5th, 2013.

Jason went missing while picking pine cones with his mother and stepfather near Baker Lake on Forest Service Road 12 on the Elbow Lake trailhead in the Mt. Baker National Forest.

He went on ahead of his parents and was not seen again.

He had a three-gallon plastic white bucket with him, was wearing a red and black flannel shirt, light green shorts, and brown ankle-high work boots.

Jason Lovelady was 38 years old at the time of his disappearance on October 5th, 2013.

Jason went missing while picking pine cones with his mother and stepfather near Baker Lake on Forest Service Road 12 on the Elbow Lake Trailhead in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

He went on ahead of his parents and was not seen again.

He had a three-gallon plastic white bucket with him.

Jason Lee Lovelady Jason Lovelady was 38 years old at the time of his disappearance on October 5th, 2013.

Jason went missing while picking pine cones with his mother and stepfather near Baker Lake on Forest Service Road 12 on the Elbow Lake Trailhead in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

He went on ahead of his parents and was not seen again.

He had a three-gallon plastic white bucket with him.