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Naturalist Trip - Upper Gold Creek Valley

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Naturalist Trip - Upper Gold Creek Valley

Trip focusing on fungi & enjoyment of autumn colors. Trip leaders, while not mushroom experts, are happy to share what they know. READ LEADER'S NOTES BE SURE YOU'RE PHYSICALLY FIT FOR THIS TRIP.

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Roseanne Lorenzana
Roseanne Lorenzana
Primary Leader
  • Easy/Moderate
  • Moderate
  • Mileage: 10.0 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 900 ft
  • High Point Elevation: 3,100 ft
  • Pace: 2-2.5mph for 1st 1.5 miles; carefully read Leader's Notes
  • FULL, 2 on waitlist (4 capacity)
  • FULL (4 capacity)
  • Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 7:30 PM
  • Sun, Sep 22, 2024 at 10:30 AM
  • Cancellation & Refund Policy
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  • This trip is for you if you can sustain the pace described below and your Mountaineers activity profile shows that you have done so in the past 2-3 months.
  • No expertise in fungi identification is required to join this trip.
  • First ~1.5 miles are on a gravel road through a recreational home subdivision.  Here our pace will be brisk (2 - 2.5 mph).
  • Once the actual forest trail begins, it's another ~1 mi to enter the Alpine Lakes Wilderness and the best habitat for fungi on our route.  We may pause to observe fungi in this 1 mile stretch, but will reserve most of our time to be in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness.  In this stretch, our pace may be 1.5-2.0 mph.
  • Once we are in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, the pace will depend on what we find. 
  • Our turnaround location will be the place that will get us back to the trailhead by at least 3:30-ish.  We will go as far toward Alaska Lake as time & fascinating fungi allow.
  • 8:30am, ready to hike. Meet at parking lot of Gold Creek Pond trailhead (NF-9080, Snoqualmie Pass). From North Bend take I-90 east Hyak exit #54. Turn left (north) at the bottom of the exit & turn right on Forest Service Road #4832 that parallels the north side of the freeway. Drive 1.0 mile, turn left on Gold Creek road #142 & turn left in 0.3 mile into the Gold Creek Pond parking lot.
Route/Place

Gold Creek Basin


  • Green Trails Snoqualmie Pass Gateway No. 207S
    Green Trails Snoqualmie Pass No. 207
    USGS Chikamin Peak
    USGS Snoqualmie Pass
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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

The Ten Essentials

  • Navigation
  • Headlamp
  • Sun protection
  • First aid
  • Knife
  • Fire
  • Shelter
  • Extra food
  • Extra water
  • Extra clothes
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