Enchanting hike through old growth conifers; compete with swamps, marshes and full of life!
Our group of eight successfully reached the junction to Margaret Lake, on the Lake Lillian trail. There was still snow above about 4,500 ft., and a lot of snow on the steep, final descent to the lake, so we turned around at the junction. We hiked about 5 miles, with 1,500 elev. gain.
Beautiful alpine ridge roaming for low risk hunker relief. This private weekday outing avoided COVID crowds with only one other person encountered the entire day.
Hot sunny weather, potential avalanches, and rockfall which turned us back 300 feet from the summit made for an exciting first trip out since the start of the pandemic
Beautiful day on the Tooth. Lots of snow!
A classic south sound evening paddle.
Lovely evening for dinner at the Lake Olallie Overlook. I always enjoy this trail.
This is a good trip for B3ers. It can be shorter or longer depending on the campsite choice, has minimal vertical ascent and water is not an issue. The trailhead parking was maybe 80% full on 8am Sat, but most of the hikers either went to Waptus Lake or were hiking up the Cooper River/Pollalie Ridge trail. There are multiple multi-tent campsites available. The first is just after the Hour Creek crossing at 3.4 miles. This site could hold a small army. There was only one tent setup when we checked it out. The second is at about 4.4 miles.This could hold maybe 5 tents (don't hold) me to that number. This site was occupied with a single tent. The third site 5 miles out at the base of Cone Mountain is easy to miss. There are some house size boulders at the base of Cone Mountain next to the trail, two on the left and then one on the right. Shortly after that these boulders there is an inconspicuous trail to the right to a very nice campsite just above the river. We were the first there and able to comfortably fit five tents with more than safe spacing. There is a short trail that leads to some smooth bedrock right on the water. These three sites are shown on the green trails map, but not on GAIA. Traveling to our campsite there were two creek crossings of note. We did not have to deploy water shoes, though with the increasing runoff from the warmer temperatures, the second crossing just downstream of our campsite might require water shoes. The mosquitoes were out in force on this trip. We did see a river otter (or beaver?) two women launched their pack rafts from our campsite and we found some morels. Otherwise we had a good trip without any epic adventures. The B3ers enjoyed it. Hope this info is helpful. Pete
Coleman-Deming route in good shape.
Trip up to Tiger 2 from a less common trailhead along less common trails in order to avoid Covid Crowds. Great trip. No issues.
Basic snow climb in mid-season conditions
C2C Ski trip to Little Tahoma. Fairly straight forward climb, great ski day.
A fun trip to a less visited Rainier 100 peak foiled by white out conditions.
Good hike with new friends and old. King County Parks added some new cedar planks over some very muddy areas. We did not see as many people on the trail as I had anticipated. Good day, nice hike.
Great company, beautiful weather, and a wonderful day outside!
We met our twin goals of having a good conditioner and finding a nice spot for dinner.
Cloudy overcast didn't stop us from hiking the loop trail, much to our amusement.
Easy beginner backpack trip to Noisy Creek from the North end of Baker Lake. Serene walk through lush forest covered in moss.