
Field trip: Backpacking Building Blocks (B3) Course
Mentor Group Day Hike - Wilderness Peak Loop
Mentor group day hike for Caroline and Jenny's group #6. Priority registration for Group 6 until 3/12. Other B3ers welcome if space is available.
- Sun, Mar 16, 2025
- Foothills Backpacking Committee
- Day Hiking
- Adults
- *Varies*
- Moderate
- Mileage: 4.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 1,200 ft
- High Point Elevation: 1,598 ft
- Pace: 2.0 mph
- 5 (7 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
This dayhike is designed to help members of a mentor group (and other B3 students as space allows) to get better acquainted with each other and with carrying a backpack while developing their fitness and confidence on the trail.
Meeting place and time: Meet at 8:00 am at Jim Whittaker Wilderness Peak trailhead. Following introductions, description of route and current trail conditions, we will start our hike no later than 8:10 am. No passes required. Portable toilet available at trailhead.
Directions: From I-90—Take Exit 15 and drive south on SR-900 (17th Avenue NW and then Renton-Issaquah Road SE) for 3.3 miles. Look for the trailhead sign and an asphalt driveway that goes uphill to the right. Parking may be limited - in the event there is no parking, options include the shoulder of SR-900 or down the road.
Cougar Mountain: Jim Whittaker Wilderness Peak Trailhead
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Green Trails Cougar Mtn No. 203S
see Land Manager - See full route/place details.
Required Equipment
Ten Essentials