Room for about 20 cars parked at an angle with a few more along the road. Road in is fine with any car, just a little pothole-y at times. Trail is easy to follow and well-maintained. You start ...

A great hike for fall color, with no crowds and massive parking at the ski area! We took the PCT south from Stevens Pass; where there are a bunch of parking spots reserved for PCT hikers and ...

We did a loop on the lower portion of the McClellan Butte Trail. Primary goal was to see a small group of old growth forest as well as mining remnants from the Alice Claim. This time I was able to ...

Arrived at the trailhead at around 8:30am on a beautiful Monday.  Plenty of parking in the large lot on a weekday.  To find a bit more solitude, I bypassed the viewpoint at the top of the ridge, ...

Ngie and I got up to Hogback Mountain, Twin Peaks, and Round Mountain via the PCT southbound from White Pass, and then took the Round Mountain Trail to the other three summits on the way back. We ....

Early fall hike to Lodge Lake carrying baby on my back. We had partly sunny weather with a cool breeze. Parking/Privy/People: Only one other car in the lot 10am on a Wednesday morning. Encountered ...

This hike is harder than its stats suggest. It's extremely steep and at times scrambly, has numerous large blowdowns, a couple of boulder fields and some route finding nearer to the lake. The lake is ...

Road closed for construction right off Exit 38. I don't know any other details

This is arguably the most popular trail in WA, yet in the 35+ years since I moved here I've never been. But as of today that changed. We arrived at the trailhead at 11 AM on a Monday, in ...

Today is George's 70th anniversary hike to Lake 22. I first hiked to the lake way back in 1956 with my dad Bill and sister Mary when I was 7 years old. Back then the present-day parking lot did not .....

I parked at the Education Center past the Rattlesnake lot (bathrooms available). Got on the trail across the street. The trail is pretty flat. I think it gained about 300ft over the course of 5 ...

Fantastic trip up to the summits of Gunn Peak, Tailgunner, and Wing Peak. I also went over to Gunn Peak-East Peak. Glen99 and I started at 7:50am from the small pullout down the road a bit from the .....

This has been on my list for a while finally knocked it off the smoot list! It was pretty smoky in the morning, but cleared up later in the day so I got some awesome views from the summit, I even saw ...

Post from the Snohomish County SHERIFF’s Office, 8/27/26 reported by MDR WTA Volunteer Crew Leader Snohomish County Search and Rescue, Field Team Leader READ BEFORE HIKING VESPER ...

Started at the Granite Creek trailhead at 7:45am with the parking lot mostly empty. The trail overall is in good shape, though it's a long haul to Thompson Point at about 6.5 miles one way, but it's ....

Great day on this superb trail, a new one (and a new favorite) for all three of us day hikers. We arrived at 8:45A this Friday to five cars in the lot, and the trailhead toilet is as immaculate as ...

Road/Parking: FR up (1.6 miles) was in great shape, no complaints. Enough parking for 6 or so cars in pullouts. Best to get turned around when parking because when it fills up it can be tougher to ...

Today's #hikeathon 2026 outing was intended to be Lower Tuscohatchie Lake (14 miles/4400') with 9 members of the Seattle Mountaineers CHS-2 cohort, but AQI was abysmal and after 2 minutes of talking ....

August 21, 2026. On September 7 and 8, 2003, I was able to witness the Maple Fire (1,626 acres, see Figure 1) (current fire size data for August 21st for the Ptarmigan Fire is 24,720 acres** and ...

When you use a mapping app to look at accessing Sahale Peak, it seems pretty easy. 0.6 miles, but then you check the elevation gain, and look at the route. It takes planning. You might want to fill .....

Thank you to the volunteers for maintaining the lookout and the fixed climbing gear! The new ladders are great. Biked and hiked up to the lookout today. I highly recommend doing this with a gravel ...

In a word, WOW. 11 of us from the Seattle Mountaineers CHS-1 cohort set several new records: 7 swimming, 2 wading, 2.4 mph round trip average, 13.5 miles completed and 2225 feet gained, under ...

The pit toilet was stinky and had no toilet paper. We hiked counterclockwise. Only a tiny tiny volume of water was falling at the waterfall. It is mid August, after all. Thank you to whatever ...

SoaringEagle and I went back to Eagle Saddle to scramble Eagle Peak. We were here in April to climb a snowy Chutla Peak, but decided to forgo Eagle at that time. There is some fear about the Eagle ...

Bottom Line: Spectacular trail with wide-open views from beginning to end, first of the Ruth Creek valley, with overhanging waterfalls and glaciers, and later of a sea of mountains and meadows, .....

Undaunted by exit closure (just means a boomerang to exit 42 for those coming from the west), made our annual Mt Washington pilgrimage. Yes, there’s highway noise at start and yes, it’s a mostly ...

August 7, 2026.  I have now included closure maps for the areas around the Little Giant, Ptarmigan, and Sinlahekin Fires. Currently these closures are through October. There are fire closures on the ....

We just tried to get up to the Jackpot Lake trailhead yesterday. About 6 miles up the forest road from Highway 12 there's a massive landslide blocking the entire road. One year ago we went up here ...

Mount Spickard is the 16th-highest and 9th-most-prominent peak in Washington. It sits in the northernmost part of the North Cascades National Park, as its summit is only 2.1 miles from the US/Canada ....

Very recently, Governor Ferguson declared a state of emergency for the State of Washington because of the current fire danger and existing fires (some 542,000 acres have burned this year in ...

Drive in:  The last 30 mins are on gravel road that has lots of pot holes and washboard. I don't think you need a high clearance vehicle as several sedans made it just fine. But the going is slow. ...

The road is open all the way to the parking lot and in good condition. We arrived at 6:45AM on a (mostly) sunny Saturday to find the parking lot full already, but we easily parked along the road. ...

Hi, we're the Mountain Goats, and yesterday I climbed Big Craggy in the Okanogan Range of Washington. With the weather not looking great on the western side of the Cascades, I decided to take Highway ...

Fire Activity Alert. Due to difficult access and limited evacuation options. Please avoid day use and do not plan to camp in the following areas: Pacific Crest Trail Section J, north of ...

Due to Fire Activity the following trails are closed and not accessible at this time: Rachel Lake Rampart Lake  Lila Lake Alta Mountain Lake Lillian and Laura Backdoor - do not ...

I met my buddy Jeno in Maple Valley at 4:30 this morning and we headed south down 410 towards Mt. Rainier.   Our destination today Kelly Butte Lookout. While Jeno went up there two years ago I have .....

This is my second time up to Melakwa, but this hike I had just a day pack vs. an overnight pack. The climb up Hemlock Pass is definitely sweaty regardless, especially if you're looking to cool off in ...

Lake is fully melted and trail is 99% snow free! There were quite a few bugs, but mostly flys and gnats, nothing that was biting. We were lucky to get a clear sunny day and had impressive views of ...

Lars and Zoe took to the Dragon! Starting at 7:40 am up to Colchuck Lake and then up Aasgard Pass by 11. Trail was marked and easy to follow. Up the Aasgard stretch there are certainly more social ...

Silvertip Mountain is a major peak within the Canadian Cascades and the only ultra-prominent peak in the range. While Silvertip is just a walk-up, the approach up to the alpine meadows is steep and .....

Walked the Palouse to Cascades after coming down from Cedar Butte Friday morning.  I’d wanted to check on the status of the closure from the big landslide damage earlier this year.  Well, very good .....

Beautiful day hike with great views.  Of note there was a group of 6 mountain goats at the top (5 adults and 1 kid) that prevented us from completing the hike.  We were a group of 2 hikers at a ...

Went early on a cloudy ish Friday before a holiday and it was so busy. I had my 4 and 6 year old with me and we made it to the top. We saw 52 dogs so at leasth 500 people! No view at the top with the ...

Hi we're the Mountain Goats (Terrence and Nathan) and yesterday I (Terrence) climbed Treen Peak.  Treen Peak is a seldom-visited mountain within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. The easiest route ...

We were the only ones here all day on a cool, cloudy Thu in late June. Bathrooms at the trailhead and lakeside camps were all closed - we stopped at the Wiley Creek campground along the Mt. Loop ...