My wife and I hiked to the lake with ease. The trail is in excellent condition with many updated steps and gravel paths. The lake area now has some great boardwalks to make it effortless to go all the way around. There are still some snow caves back by the mountain. A few mosquitos were encountered but we didn't have …
We used to hike quite a bit but have gotten a little out of shape, so chose this hike as a re-starter. We left our house in Seattle about 8 a.m. Sunday 7/8/07 stopped for breakfast, and were at the trail head by 10:30, after picking up a pass at the ranger station. We saw no one on the whole …
The Sunday Peak bagging crew (including my boyfriend, a friend of his, and me) had laid its sights on Mailbox and could not be convinced otherwise. Bandera had been done by all of us, those who aren't me had done Granite, and I'd done Defiance on the same day as my second ascent of Bandera. I'd heard from the more …
I recently hiked this trail (June 2007), and it was great. The part where you have to hike over the rock fin is very unique. I will definately be doing this hike again, and I highly recommend it.
I hiked this trail on July 4, 2007. It was pretty crowded - when I arrived at 10:15 am, I took one of the last official spots in the lot. When I left, at 3:30 pm, there were cars parked all the way down the driveway and on the road that leads into the driveway. The path starts with a …
July 4th was a perfect day for hiking Mt. Pilchuck! We hit snow on the trail about half way. Due to the heat of the day, the melting snow was slippery. On our descent, there were many spots that we slid on our butts as it was difficult to maintain our balance. Remember the bug spray! Tons of bugs. What …
We did this hike on June 24 and saw a few other hikers coming down from an over-night, including a boy scout troop who said the toilet at the top was stinky and nasty (we didn't check it out). I enjoyed this hike because it offered a nice canopy of trees and verdant foliage for the first half, a lovely …
We hiked Little Si on the 4th, and it was great fun. The first thing I noticed about this trail is that the parking lot at the trail head is a little too small to accommodate all the crowd that comes in there. But it is quite easy to find parking along the road, so that was not a big …
My friends and I climbed Vesper over the weekend, It's still early in the season and we ran into snow at about 3900 ft just below Headley Pass. This made for an interesting scramble and we all agreed that the climb up to the pass was the hardest part of our climb. The Sunrise mine trail was in very poor …
To train for Mt. Adams, we hiked Granite Mountain with large, heavy packs on our backs and rented plastic boots on our feet. There was still quite a bit of snow next to the bouldering route towards the summit so we chose to tackle the snow. Trekking poles were a must and crampons would have been helpful. The weather was …
A friend and I visited on Friday, June 29th. We left the trailhead around 9:15 am and were sitting in the car around 1:40 pm. This was after a really quick lunch since the rain was approaching. We even saw some little flakes of snow while at the summit. Either way, I don't believe the "new trail" (since I haven't …
Hike Report of June 26, 2007 - The three mile (or thereabouts) dirt road approaching the Ira Spring trailhead is in pretty poor condition for a passenger car, but is do-able if one goes slowly. Along the road you see the damage from the winter storms, but the road has been cleared.The first 20 minutes or so of the hike …
If you are a Arch 'Nuts" like me you'll love this hike. The arches are impressive to say the least. Do not miss this hike if going to Arches National park.
Great hike for families. Signed up with the National Park and did the hike with a guide. A bit of scramble over rocks, but a very unique and fun hike. Would not suggest doing this hike during the midday in summer. More of a morning or early evening hike.
The Rattlesnake ledge trail is an amazing short hike. There is plenty of parking at the trail head, and the trail starts out in a low grade and continues like that for about a mile or so. The trail then becomes steeper, but it won't overwhelm you even if you are a novice hiker (like me). The view along the …
Mt. Adams is a very strenous hike. It's much tougher than climbing to Camp Muir. You definitely need to be well prepared for this climb. We went from 60 degrees to 10 in about ten minutes. Take two days to do this hike and you'll have a much better experience.
Just hiked Pilchuck today Sunday 17th of June 2007. The weather was 44F and raining at the bottom. why my wife and I started to hike is beyond both of us. We thought the weather might break. It didn't. It took 38min until the switchback at the boulder field. The first snow patch we traversed was about about 50min into …
We hit this trail with our kids (7 & 9) - as Pilchuk would not be worth the effort when it was as rainy as it was. This trail was an easy hike - the top 1/3 has a lot of rocks/ gravel of varying sizes. It was rainy and the trail was pretty much deserted - which was a …
I hiked this last weekend, June 10, with a couple of visitors from Virginia. I picked the hike because it's spectacular, not too difficult, and I figured at 4400 feet max elevation, the snow would have melted. Boy was I wrong. Perhaps half the hike was on snow. There was no path down to the lake from the high point …
This hike was very strenuous, but phenomenal! It incorporated all of the great aspects of hiking- old growth forest, alpine meadow (wildflowers), rock, a stroll by an actual glacier, and scrambling. The views from the summit were awesome; I highly recommend this hike (but my legs were sore for a few days)....
Beautiful lake, trail has many roots and rocks protruding now after winter. Snow is gone but mud bogs here and there. Trail around the lake now is nice. Great waterfalls today. No mosquitoes yet. Easy distance and elevation gain, but more difficult because of trail terrain.
Went back to Annette Lack on June 2nd six months to the day after my previous unsuccessful trip. We didn't get stuck in a ditch this time instead found a full parking lot. The hike was uneventful. Lots of switchbacks in dense forest. At about the hour point we got to the point where we had turned around about the …
I arrived in the parking lot on friday at 9:00 and two other cars had arrived no more then 30sec before me. We were the first 3 cars. We passed the two groups early and continued switch back after switchback for and hour and fifteen minutes until we came to a large snowbridge over a creek with a large waterfall …
Male, 53 years old, pretty good shape for hiking though I do like to eat and it shows. Time of year was early September (2006) and berries were plentiful. Rachel Lake is a good midway destination for the not so hardy.
This was the third most difficult hike of the year (full of hikes) for me. It was the …
Male, age 53, main outdoor interests are hiking, backpacking and fishing. Reasonably good shape, can hike uphill all day without being out of breath but am overweight. People ask me why I like to hike. I say it is because I like to eat.
Pulled off I-90 at the Tinkham Rd exit with no idea I was going to …