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Beginner Snowshoe - Gold Creek Pond Loop

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Beginner Snowshoe - Gold Creek Pond Loop

Calling Lunar Lovers! Come appreciate the nearly full moon on this easy evening snowshoe trip. Leader's permission required, please send your request with the details listed below.

Contacts

Gabrielle Orsi
Gabrielle Orsi
Primary Leader
Qualified Youth Leader
  • Easy/Moderate
  • Casual
  • Mileage: 3.0 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Meet at 6:45pm at the Gold Creek trailhead.  (Sunset will be around 7:18pm).

A Washington Sno-Park Permit is required to park at Gold Creek. (Discover Pass, NW Forest Pass, national park pass aren't valid).

Driving directions from the WTA for the Gold Creek trailhead:
Drive Interstate 90 east to Exit 54, 2 miles east of the Snoqualmie Pass summit. Exit I-90, turn north, crossing under the freeway. A few hundred feet north of the highway interchange, turn right into Gold Creek Sno-Park, which follows Forest Road 4832 and drive east parallel to the freeway for 1 mile.   Park along Forest Road 4832 (Sno-Park permit required)  

SINCE THIS TRIP IS HELD AT NIGHT, I'M REQUIRING LEADER'S PERMISSION SINCE THIS ISN'T A TRULY "BEGINNER-FRIENDLY" TRIP. 


WHEN YOU REQUEST LEADER'S PERMISSION PLEASE CLARIFY: 

  1. You are aware that this activity happens after dark and explain how you'll be prepared for a nighttime activity and

  2. Your experience with nighttime outdoor activities in a wilderness setting. THANKS!

  • Trip may be canceled due to: public health/COVID-19 guidance, bad weather forecast, and/or I-90 driving conditions or road closures.

  • Usually this trip DOES get canceled since winter weather at Snoqualmie Pass is generally not favorable for seeing the moon!

  • Avalanche danger should not be a problem for this outing.
  • A winterized vehicle is best for driving up to Snoqualmie Pass at this time of year.
  • Be sure to bring a headlamp for each person, a flashlight or two, and maybe an extra layer. We'll make this an easy loop around the Gold Creek pond - sometimes the moon doesn't rise quite high enough to be fully visible in the valley.
  • Check out the night sky at: https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/night/usa/seattle
  • WS DOT report for conditions at Snoqualmie Pass on I-90
  • Weather forecast
Route/Place

Gold Creek Basin


  • Green Trails Snoqualmie Pass Gateway No. 207S
    Green Trails Snoqualmie Pass No. 207
    USGS Chikamin Peak
    USGS Snoqualmie Pass
  • See full route/place details.
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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

  • The Ten Essentials
  • Headlamp, spare batteries  
  • Snowshoes, poles
  • Sturdy, warm boots
  • Extra layers, handwarmers
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