Day Hike - Heybrook Lookout & Ridge

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. A leader may look at your profile and recent activities to ensure that they think you are ready for their hike.

• YOUR PROFILE MUST SHOW THAT YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH WINTER WEATHER HIKES.

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. 

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.

• This route on the Iron Goat trail starts at Wellington TH, goes to Windy Point and return.
• The trail follows the old Great Northern Railroad route high above the valley floor on its way to Stevens Pass. This high route perched on the steep slopes of Windy Mountain was an impressive feat of engineering and the site of a 1910 avalanche considered American’s deadliest in which snow smashed into the trains, toppling them off the rails like toys. Many of the tunnels and snow bridges along this trail were built after the Wellington Avalanche Disaster to better protect the trains from snow. But it was not long before the route was rerouted all together to the modern Cascade tunnel.
• For fans of the Iron Goat Trail, the book, The White Cascade, by Gary Krist is a gripping account of the 1910 avalanche and the days leading up to it. The author compiled the narrative from events recounted in letters, diaries, memoirs and court documents. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88365.The_White_Cascade
• https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/wellington-ghost-town
• https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/iron-goat-trail
• History of Wellington - https://www.pbs.org/video/wellington-ghost-town-9c87ey/ and http://www.ghosttownsofwashington.com/wellington.html

• 10:00am, ready to hike at Heybrook Ridge trail via Leovy trail, Index WA
• Driving directions & carpool suggestions will be provided in the Hello Hiker email.