Trip
Day Hike - Grand Prospect
***NOW OPEN TO GENERAL CLUB MEMBERS*** Get outside and on the trail with your fellow graduate alumni and leaders from the Foothills GoHike: Beginning Hiking Series! GoHike is working to continue to provide opportunities for beginner hikers or those who are looking for easy to moderate hiking opportunities outside of our annual GoHike Course season. This is a hike for those who wish to continue building your conditioning upon completion of the GoHike course.
Contacts
- Sun, Dec 17, 2023
- Foothills Hiking Committee
- Day Hiking
- Adults
- Moderate, Strenuous
- Moderate
- Mileage: 9.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 2,120 ft
- Pace: 1.5 - 2mph
- FULL (8 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Meet at the Rattlesnake Mountain Trail Parking Lot no later than 8:30 a.m. We plan to be on the trail by 8:45 a.m. The large parking lot has an outhouse. Discovery Pass is required.
Directions: Take I-90 east to Exit 27. At the end of the off-ramp, go right onto Winery Road. Turn right into the parking lot in .3 miles (there will be an open gate). Please note there is another parking lot (Snoqualmie Point) further down Winery Road. Be sure to turn right into the first parking lot, not Snoqualmie Point.
Priority registration is given to GoHike: Beginning Hiking Series graduate Alumni Course members.
Graduate alumni will need to hold a GoHike Badge and have registered for the GoHike: Beginning Hiking Series - Alumni Course.
https://www.mountaineers.org/locations-lodges/foothills-branch/committees/foothills-hiking-backpacking/foothills-hiking-committee/course-templates/gohike-beginning-hiking-series-alumni-course-foothills/gohike-beginning-hiking-series-alumni-course-2022
If there are any unfilled spots on this hike, the hike will open up on the Wednesday before the week of the hike to general members, with leaders permission, for Mountaineers members interested in a beginning hiking experience.
It is important that participants look at the stated hike description, distance, pace, elevation gain and consider your current fitness level in determining if this hike is a good fit for you. If you have any questions, please contact the trip leader in advance of requesting Leaders Permission. When you request Leaders Permission to Register, a leader may look at your profile and recent activities to ensure that they think you are ready for their hike. They may email or call you to ask you about your hiking history and conditioning activities. Individuals who register with out requesting and receiving Leaders Permission will be cancelled.
Our trail follows the Rattlesnake Mountain Trail southeast from Snoqualmie Point to Grand Prospect and back along a mix of new and old growth forest with some open spaces on a clearly marked well maintained trail with great views on a clear day.
This is a moderate/strenuous hike that will be led at a moderate pace, averaging 1.5 - 2 mph. If you have any concerns about your ability to cope with the distance, elevation gain and pace, please contact the leader.
Full trip details will be sent to all who register soon after registration closes at 5 pm on December 15th. In the interim, please direct questions to the trip leader Elizabeth Nakashima at enakashima@comcast.net
Required Equipment
Leaders will send out a Hello Hiker email prior to the hike that may include recommendation or requirements for equipment.