Skagit Valley Tulip Festival 2025: Complete Guide, Dates & Local Tours When National Geographic named the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival one of the world’s “Best Spring Trips,” they spotlighted what locals have cherished for generations. This corner of Washington State offers more than mere flower fields – it presents a rare confluence of natural…
Mount Baker Fall Guided Hiking Fall has begun in the North Cascades! Shorter days and cooler air have signaled the sub-alpine and alpine meadows to begin their fall parade of colors. This spectacle lasts about a month only, so join us soon on our Mount Baker Fall Guided Hiking and Photo Tours. A variety…
Washington Fall Guided Hikes – Mount Baker Fall Guided Hikes Fall has begun in the North Cascades! Shorter days and cooler air have signaled the sub-alpine and alpine meadows to begin their fall parade of colors. This spectacle lasts about a month only, so join us soon on our Mt Baker, Mt Rainier, Olympics Fall…
North Cascades Fall Photo Tours Fall in the North Cascades, and surrounding areas, is simply spectacular! Shorter days and cooler air first signal the sub-alpine and alpine meadows to begin their fall parade of colors around the end of September. This spectacle is short-lived; snow soon starts falling. The color change slowly cascades down…
Skagit Valley Snow Geese & Swans Tour Join Skagit Guided Adventures small group Skagit Valley Snow Geese & Swans Tour to experience the unforgettable sights & sounds of these wild birds! They will ” Re-Wild” Your Spirit! Thousands of Snow Geese flock from the Alaskan and Canadian tundra with their juvenile chicks to spend fall &…
SKAGIT BIRDING TOURS Skagit Birding Tours take you around Skagit Valley’s farm fields and the Fir Island Farm Snow Goose Reserve in search of the thousands of snow geese & smaller flocks of tundra and trumpeter swans. They move from field to field throughout the day and from day to day. Many species of raptors hunt…
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival Guided Tour People from around the globe visit us to experience the Tulip Extravaganza during April! Eighteen fields and two gardens come to life painting our valley in the most colorful displays you’ve ever seen! Join Skagit Valley Tulip Festival Guided Tour and come see why our Tulip Festival was voted the top 2016…
Skagit River Eagle Festival Tour – Seattle Day Trip Join Skagit Guided Adventures small group Skagit River Eagle Festival Tour – Seattle Day Trip to ” Re-Wild” Your Spirit! From Seattle, book your ride on the morning Amtrak Casdades train to the Mount Vernon station, where we’ll pick you up. Inquire about the return…
SAN JUAN ISLANDS BIRDWATCHING TOURS San Juan Islands Birdwatching Tours take you around Skagit Valley’s farm fields and the Fir Island Farm Snow Goose Reserve in search of the thousands of snow geese & smaller flocks of tundra and trumpeter swans. They move from field to field throughout the day and from day to day. Be prepared…
Baker Lake Guided Hike Experience the wilderness of the North Cascades mountains & rainforest! Join Skagit Guided Adventures small group Baker Lake Guided Day Hike in the North Cascades, Washington. Baker Lake Trail is an easy, low elevation trail for everyone to enjoy! Follow alongside Baker Lake as you weave through groves of huge cedar, firs, hemlocks & maples. Sword ferns dress…
SAN JUAN ISLANDS GUIDED TOUR Experience the “San Juan Islands’ way of life”! The Adventure begins with the 65 min ferry ride from Anacortes to Friday Harbor. Cruising the intricate waterways formed by the “Evergreen” islands is simply mesmerizing. Be on the lookout for bald eagles, harbor seals, harbor porpoises and several species of…
North Cascades National Park Day Tour – 50th Year! “Re-Wild” your Spirit! in the northernmost National Park in the US. Skagit Guided Adventures small group North Cascades National Park Day Tour 50th Year takes into the heart of the park to experience its protected wilderness and majestic landscape! Established in 1968, it encompasses 504,781…
North Cascades National Park Day Tour Itinerary “Re-Wild” your Spirit! in the northernmost National Park in the US. Skagit Guided Adventures small group North Cascades National Park Day Tour Itinerary takes into the heart of the park to experience its protected wilderness and majestic landscape! Established in 1968, it encompasses 504,781 acres (2,042.78 km2) of pristine…
Wildflower Tours Mount Baker, Summer & Fall, promise to “Color” Your Spirit! Read about our June 2016 Wildflower Tours at Mount Baker. Hurray, it’s the end of June and the end of the road is now open! From Anacortes, the 2-hr ride along the Mount Baker Scenic Byway was beautiful. We traveled from the coast, through farmland,…
NORTH CASCADES WILDFLOWER HIKES Ideal for the wildflower enthusiast! Skagit Guided Adventures offers small group North Cascades Wildflower Hikes in the North Cascades to “Color” Your Spirit! North Cascades Wildflowers come to life in colorful displays every Spring. Early bloomers in the PNW lowland rainforest are the wild gingers, coral roots and calypso orchids. Violets, goldthreads, trilliums, buttercups, salmonberries, bleeding…
WILDFLOWER TOURS IN THE NORTH CASCADES, WASHINGTON Covering entire coastal headlands, growing amongst forest giants, along trickling streams, around tranquil lakes, and in expansive subalpine and alpine meadows, wildflowers delight our spirit with the splendor of their colors! These Guided Wildflower Tours take the wildflower enthusiast on a guided day hike to one of the many well-maintained trails around Mt Baker, the North…
Diablo Lake – North Cascades National Park Day Tour “Re-wild” your Spirit! Join Skagit Guided Adventures small group Diablo Lake – North Cascades National Park Day Tour to the northernmost National Park in the US. Travel 70 mi alongside the life-giving Skagit River to Diablo Lake, nestled in the heart of the North Cascades. Feel the…
MOUNT BAKER WILDFLOWERS TOUR & HIKE Skagit Guided Adventures offers small group tours & hikes for the wildflower enthusiast. They promise to color your spirit! Mount Baker Wildflowers explode in colorful displays every summer, especially in the sub-alpine and alpine meadows. The array of colors is phenomenal, with all shades of reds, oranges, yellows, greens, whites, pinks,…
Sauk Mountain June Wildflower Hiking Tour – North Cascades, Washington This Sauk Mountain June Wildflower Hiking tour is ideal for the wildflower enthusiast! Skagit Guided Adventures offers small group Wildflower Tours & Hikes in the North Cascades to “Re-Wild” the Spirit! Sauk Mountain is nestled in the Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, in the heart of the North Cascades. The…
MT BAKER SUMMER GUIDED TOUR Glen, visiting all the way from Western Australia, took the Amtrak Cascades train from Seattle to the Mount Vernon station. He arrived at 9:30am and off we went on the 2-hr ride along the Mount Baker Scenic Byway to our Mt Baker Summer Guided Tour. We traveled through farmland, forest, and up to…
MOUNT BAKER WILDFLOWER HIKING TOUR – SCHREIBERS MEADOW IN JUNE Skagit Guided Adventures offers small group hikes for the wildflower enthusiast that promise to Color Your Spirit! Wildflowers make their colorful debut in mid-June as the snow begins to melt away. This time of year, Schreibers Meadow (a sub-alpine meadow) is painted in pink with pink mountain…
Sauk Mountain Summer Guided Wildflower Hike – North Cascades, Washington Leaving Anacortes at 2pm, we arrived at the Sauk Mountain trailhead at 3:30pm. It was foggy (completely foggy), we could only see about 100 ft all around. But that did not stop us; instead, it made us feel as if we were about to enter a…
Lake Twentytwo Hiking Tour – North Cascades, Washington Join Skagit Guided Adventures small group Lake Twentytwo Hiking Tour to experience the wilderness in the heart of the North Cascades! Lake Twentytwo trail takes you through an exemplary old-growth forest guarded by giant cedars, firs & hemlocks, a healthy understory of multi-aged trees and berry bushes, an expansive…
Mount Baker Summer Guided Day Hike – North Cascades, WA Jen hopped on the Amtrak Cascades from Seattle to spend the weekend in Anacortes. “I want to hike in the North Cascades” she said, so Saturday we ventured on our Mount Baker Summer Guided Day Hike to the Park Butte trail. Weather: sunny with…
MOUNT BAKER JUNE DAY TOUR Hurray, it’s the end of June and the end of the road is now open! From Anacortes, the 2-hr ride along the Mount Baker Scenic Byway was beautiful. We traveled from the coast, through farmland, to forest, and up to 5140 ft to the Artist Point parking lot. The parking lot is…
PNW FOREST ORCHIDS TOUR IN THE NORTH CASCADES Did you know orchids also grow in the temperate rainforest of the PNW? In NW Washington, from the islands of the Salish Sea to the old-growth forest of the North Cascades, you can find about 10 species of forest orchids. They all grow from the ground under…
MOUNT BAKER JULY DAY TOUR Glen, visiting all the way from Western Australia, took the Amtrak Cascades train from Seattle to the Mount Vernon station. He arrived at 9:30am and off we went on the 2-hr ride along the Mount Baker Scenic Byway. We traveled through farmland, forest, and up to 5140 ft to the Artist…
Guided Wildflower Hike – North Cascades, Washington This Guided Wildflower Hike is ideal for the wildflower enthusiast! Join Skagit Guided Adventures small group Wildflower Tours & Hikes in the North Cascades to “Re-Wild” Your Spirit! Nestled in the Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, and in the heart of the North Cascades, this fun (but rooty and rocky) trail is…
Bagley Lakes June Wildflower Hiking Tour – Mount Baker, Washington Hurray, it’s the end of June and the end of the road is now open! From Anacortes, the 2-hr ride along the Mount Baker Scenic Byway was beautiful. We traveled from the coast, through farmland, to forest, and up to 5140 ft to the Artist Point parking lot…
Artist Ridge Trail – Mount Baker Day Tour Experience the vastness of the North Cascades Wilderness from this high point at the end of the road! Artist Ridge Trail is the most popular trail in the Mt Baker area. On clear days, you’ll be at eye level with the peaks, and glaciers, of 10,871 ft Mt…
Snow Goose Festival Eco Tour Join Skagit Guided Adventures Snow Goose Festival Eco Tour to experience the unforgettable sights, sounds & behaviors of these very gregarious birds! They will “Re-Wild” Your Spirit! Thousands of Snow Geese have arrived, once again, from the Russian Arctic tundra! With their young chicks in tow, they will spend Fall, Winter &…
La Conner Daffodil Festival Tours Brighten your Spirit! Join our daily, small group, La Conner Daffodil Festival Tours to experience NW Washington’s celebration of Spring! In March, millions of daffodils carpet Skagit Valley in bright yellow! Our experienced local guide will drive around the fields and share information on daffodil types, origin, history and industry.…
Tulip Town Tour – Skagit Valley Tulip Festival Tulip Town Tour offers an opportunity to experience the incredible array of colors and varieties of tulips displayed in Tulip Town’s elegant Outdoor Gardens and Indoor Flower Show. Join Skagit Guided Adventures small group Tulip Tour which includes visiting Tulip Town, RoozenGaarde and the tulip fields in Skagit Valley,…
ANACORTES HISTORY TOUR Anacortes is a small and thriving seaside community holding a rich history dating back to times immemorial. It sits on Fidalgo Island, at the edge of the Salish Sea, in NW Washington. Whether you are driving thru to catch the ferry to the San Juan Islands or staying to enjoy its many outdoor and indoor…
Chain Lakes Trail – Mount Baker Guided Day Hikes “Re-wild” your Spirit! on this fun, but strenuous, 8 mi loop Chain Lakes Trail through alpine flower-filled meadows, sheltered mountain lakes, talus slopes and blueberry fields. The views of Mt Baker, Shuksan, US and Canadian North Cascades peaks are spectacular! Clouds or fog make this place magical too! Join…
Baker Lake Winter Hiking Tour Experience the wilderness of Mount Baker and Baker Lake, its mountains & rainforest! Join Skagit Guided Adventures small group Mount Baker Lake Winter Hiking Tour. Baker Lake Trail is an easy, low elevation trail for everyone to enjoy! Follow alongside Baker Lake as you weave through groves of huge cedar, firs, hemlocks…
Skagit Winter Birds Festival Tours Skagit is the winter home to thousands of migratory birds that have flown from northern latitudes, including Alaska and Russia. To experience this bird extravaganza, join one of our daily Skagit Winter Birds Festival Tours. Our experienced local guide/naturalist Stephanie will drive you to the edge of the Salish Sea,…
Skagit River Eagle Festival Eco Tour Join Skagit Guided Adventures small group Skagit River Eagle Festival Eco Tour to ” Re-Wild” Your Spirit! Experience the wilderness along the Skagit River, during December & January, where hundreds of migratory bald eagles congregate to feast on the winter salmon run. As you watch, listen and learn about…
Anacortes Wildlife Tour – on the edge of Salish Sea! The Anacortes Wildlife Tour takes you around Fidalgo Island in search of wildlife. We’ll be on the lookout for eagles, herons, forest birds, shore birds, sea birds, harbor seals, harbor porpoises, river otters and beavers. After lunch and a stroll downtown, learn about the rich…
Skagit Valley Snow Geese Fall Eco Tour Join Skagit Guided Adventures Skagit Valley Snow Geese Fall Eco Tour to experience the unforgettable sights, sounds & behaviors of these very gregarious birds! They will “Re-Wild” Your Spirit! Thousands of Snow Geese have arrived, once again, from the Russian Arctic tundra! With their young chicks in tow, they…
Topping off Tulip Fields – Skagit Valley Tulip Tour Topping off tulip fields is an amazing process to witness! Can you count how many workers are clipping off tulips in this field? I counted 67! Tulips fields in Skagit Valley, Washington are “topped off” (flowers are broken off) when the tulips have “bloomed out” or have fully opened up. …
Cutting off Tulip Flowers by Hand – Skagit Valley Tulip Tour Cutting off tulip flowers by hand is an amazing process to witness! Can you count how many tulips this worker clips off in the duration of the video? I think his name is Speedy Gonzalez! Tulips fields in Skagit Valley, Washington are “topped off” (flowers are broken off)…
Anacortes – Skagit Birding Tour Joanne and Andy arrived on the early morning ferry from San Juan Island. They’re spending a week there as a base and ferrying every day to a different island to explore. What a brilliant idea! They added the Anacortes “Wild Side” Eco Tour on Fidalgo Island to complete their island…
Baker Lake, Mt Rainier, Olympics Winter Hiking Tours Join our small group Baker Lake, Mt Rainier, Olympics Winter Hiking Tours to experience the wilderness in our magnificent mountains. Nestled in the North Cascades, Baker Lake is surrounded by a magical rainforest. Baker Lake Trail is an easy, low elevation trail for everyone to enjoy! Follow alongside Baker Lake as…
Anacortes Spring Wildflower Tours Anacortes coastal headlands and forest burst into a palette of colors when wildflowers emerge from hibernation. Join Skagit Guided Adventures small group Anacortes Spring Wildflower Tours to “Color Your Spirit”! The procession of wildflowers begins with: spring gold, field chickweed, woodland star flower, checker lily, common camas, death camas, yellow monkey flower, white…
San Juan Islands Spring Wildflower Tours Coastal headlands and forests in Washington’s Salish Sea islands burst into a palette of colors when wildflowers emerge from hibernation. Join Skagit Guided Adventures small group San Juan Islands Spring Wildflower Tours to “Color Your Spirit”! Around mid to late-March, the procession of wildflowers begins. Purple from the Blue-eyed Mary tiny…
Bagley Lakes Trail – Mount Baker Guided Day Hikes Join Skagit Guided Adventures small group Hiking Tours to”Re-wild” your Spirit! Experience the vast wilderness of Mt Baker and the tranquil setting of Bagley Lakes Trail! Enjoy the colorful wildflower meadows, sheltered mountain lakes and blueberry fields hiking around the lakes on this easy 3 mi loop. The views of…
Sauk Mountain Trail – North Cascades Guided Day Hikes “Re-wild” your Spirit! Join Skagit Guided Adventures small group hike on the Sauk Mountain Trail, near Rockport, WA. Start at 4350ft and hike up to the summit at 5530ft along a narrow set of switchbacks. It is wildflowers galore on this sub-alpine habitat! The stunning views of…
Park Butte Trail – Mount Baker Guided Day Hikes Join Skagit Guided Adventures small group hike up Park Butte Trail to “Re-Wild” your Spirit! This fun and extremely rewarding hike traverses a variety of terrains: expansive sub-alpine meadows, a rocky creek bed (or two), a cool forest (literally and figuratively), more expansive sub-alpine meadows, and a ridge to a…
Lake Twentytwo Trail – North Cascades Guided Day Hikes Join Skagit Guided Adventures small group Guided Day Hikes to experience the wilderness in the heart of the North Cascades! Lake Twentytwo trail takes you through an exemplary old-growth forest guarded by giant cedars, firs & hemlocks, a healthy understory of multi-aged trees and berry bushes, an expansive…
SEATTLE BIRDING ECO TOURS Seattle Birding Eco Tours take you around Skagit Valley’s farm fields and the Fir Island Farm Snow Goose Reserve in search of the thousands of snow geese & smaller flocks of tundra and trumpeter swans. They move from field to field throughout the day and from day to day. Be prepared to…
Seattle Guided Wildflower Hike – North Cascades, Washington This Seattle Guided Wildflower Hike is ideal for the wildflower enthusiast! Join Skagit Guided Adventures small group Wildflower Tours & Hikes in the North Cascades to “Re-Wild” Your Spirit! One of our favorite trails to see wildflowers is located in the Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, in the heart of the North…
Seattle Mount Baker Guided Day Hikes Join Skagit Guided Adventures small group hike up Park Butte Trail to “Re-Wild” your Spirit! From Seattle or Vancouver, hop on the Amtrak Cascades train to the Mount Vernon station pickup, where all our Adventures begin. These Seattle Mount Baker Guided Hikes accommodate all hiking levels. This fun and extremely rewarding…
Seattle Anacortes Wildlife Eco Tour – Salish Sea, Washington Sunday morning, 8:30 am, overcast sky, light wind at Washington Park in Anacortes, WA. We began our Anacortes Wildlife Eco Tour on the paved loop road and were immediately embraced by the lush greenery of this coastal park. Salmonberries are ripening and almost ready for picking. At the Green Point…
Seattle Mount Baker Day Tour – June 2016 Hurray, it’s the end of June and the end of the road is now open! From the Mount Vernon Amtrak station, the 2-hr road trip along the Mount Baker Scenic Byway was beautiful! We traveled through quiet farmland and farm towns eventually catching up with the Nooksak River. Then…
SEATTLE MOUNT BAKER WILDFLOWER HIKING TOUR – SCHREIBERS MEADOW IN JUNE This Seattle Mount Baker Wildflower Hiking Tour promises to Color Your Spirit! Wildflowers make their colorful debut in mid-June as the snow begins to melt away. This time of year, Schreibers Meadow (a sub-alpine meadow) is painted in pink with pink mountain heather and bog laurel…
SEATTLE NORTH CASCADES WILDFLOWER TOURS & HIKES Seattle North Cascades Wildflower Tours & Hikes are ideal for the wildflower enthusiast! Skagit Guided Adventures offers small group Wildflower Tours & Hikes in the North Cascades to “Re-Wild” the Spirit! North Cascades Wildflowers come to life in colorful displays every Spring. Early bloomers in the PNW lowland rainforest are the wild gingers, coral roots and…
Seattle Baker Lake Guided Day Hike Experience the wilderness of the North Cascades mountains & rainforest! Join Skagit Guided Adventures small group Baker Lake Guided Day Hike in the North Cascades, Washington. Baker Lake Trail in an easy, low elevation trail for everyone to enjoy! Follow alongside Baker Lake as you weave through groves of huge cedar, firs,…
Seattle Wildflower Hiking Tour – Sauk Mountain, North Cascades, Washington This Seattle Wildflower Hiking Tour is ideal for the wildflower enthusiast! Skagit Guided Adventures offers small group Wildflower Tours & Hikes in the North Cascades to “Re-Wild” Your Spirit! Sauk Mountain is nestled in the Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, in the heart of the North Cascades. The switchback trail…
