Mentor Group Day Hike

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.

  • *Varies*
  • Moderate
  • Mileage: 4.0 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 1,200 ft
  • High Point Elevation: 1,598 ft
  • Pace: 2.0 mph

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

Route/Place

Cougar Mountain: Jim Whittaker Wilderness Peak Trailhead


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