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Blowdowns | Water on trail
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Total Trip: 4.5 mi, +1220/-1220 ft, 130 min round trip (hiking times will vary)
Trailhead to Wilderness Peak: 1.8 mi, +1200/-0...
Total Trip: 4.5 mi, +1220/-1220 ft, 130 min round trip (hiking times will vary)
Trailhead to Wilderness Peak: 1.8 mi, +1200/-0 ft Wilderness Peak to Longview Peak: 0.8 mi, +20/-215 ft Long View Peak to Trailhead: 1.9 mi, +0/-1005 ft trailhead & endpoint 47.51028/-122.08706, 395 feet, Wilderness Creek Trailhead. Trace snow at top. Some puddles on trail. A few blowdowns. This is an easy to moderate hike. Route taken counter-clockwise: Wilderness Cliffs, Wilderness Peak, Long View Peak, Wilderness Creek Trails. The route climbs on a moderate grade to Wilderness Peak. The descent to Shy Bear Pass from Wilderness Peak is on a shallow grade and the ascent from Shy Bear Pass to Long View Peak is also on a shallow grade. The descent to the trailhead is on a moderate grade. Views from Wilderness Peak and Long View Peak are unspectacular. There is a bench and summit register at the top of Wilderness Peak. Day hike
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This is a tale of two hikes in the Issaquah Alps over the last two Saturdays. The first hike...
This is a tale of two hikes in the Issaquah Alps over the last two Saturdays. The first hike was on November 14th and did a loop hike to Coal Creek Falls from the Sky Country Trail Head. This is a short 3 mile walk on good trails which were not very muddy and had no significant blow down. There is a new bridge over Coal Creek on the trail, quite nice and likely overdue.
On the more recent Saturday, I walked to Wilderness Peak from the Sky Country Trail Head and then to Long View Peak, returning via the Deceiver and Shy Bear Trails. On the 21st there was more evidence of wind fall (blow down) but nothing that could not be stepped over easily. The trails were a bit more muddy and Shy Bear Marsh was more like a shallow lake. On both days I avoided rain, a nice thing, and saw deer tracks in the mud. Trails are still in good shape despite the rain. Day hike
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Mudholes
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Another hike with the Issaquah Alps Club, moderate in length and elevation gain but a good tune up hike for...
Another hike with the Issaquah Alps Club, moderate in length and elevation gain but a good tune up hike for the upcoming season. Denis Harney was our leader on a hike I have done before, looping past all three water falls in Cougar Mt. Park.
The hike started on the Wildside Trail which has a series of undulations, some of which are moderately steep providing a good warm up quickly. Once off the Wildside Trail, the first falls (Far Country Falls) can be seen just off the Indian Trail, and from here to the Far Country Look Out is a short hike up hill. The trails to this point were in good shape considering the recent snow and rain. Snow was evident on the sides of the trails, but no snow on the trails. From the Far Country Look Out, view has been obscured a bit by tree growth over the last 10 years, we walked Shy Bear and Deceiver Trails to Doughty Falls (not impressive for the water flow over the rocks but worth the short side trail to the falls). The Deceiver Trail did have some mud holes as did the Long View Peak Trail and other trails that followed. Off the Long View Peak Trail, we then followed Shy Bear to Fred's Railroad and then via the Quarry Trail to the Coal Creek Falls Trail. Coal Creek Falls was impressive with lots of water from recent rains and snow melt coming over the falls. After the falls, the trails were in good shape, with the Cave Hole and Red Town Trails being dry and hard packed (old road or railroad beds). Weather was great, mild with just a bit of a rain shower near the end of the hike. Statistics, 6.5 miles of walking, 1200 to 1500 feet of elevation gain and loss. Day hike
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I took this 7.5 to 8.0 mile loop in Cougar Mt. Park as a tune up hike for several planned...
I took this 7.5 to 8.0 mile loop in Cougar Mt. Park as a tune up hike for several planned summer hikes including a traverse of Rattlesnake Ridge.
Long View Peak #COUGAR-S4,Deceiver #COUGAR-S3,Shy Bear #COUGAR-S2,Wilderness Peak #COUGAR-E4,Wilderness Cliffs #COUGAR-E5
— Jan 27, 2007
— AS#1Girl Scouts
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Climbed up beside a lively and chattering Wildeness Creek -- saw just enough snow to make one sno-cone. Blue skies!...
Climbed up beside a lively and chattering Wildeness Creek -- saw just enough snow to make one sno-cone. Blue skies! Sunshine! Pileated woodpecker! Machine noise from the gravel pit across the highway -- yuck. Turned left at Long View Peak trail and continued on for lunch at Doughty Falls -- the best part of the hike-- pretty, quiet, peaceful. Crews have been busy here -- dozens of blowdowns all neatly sliced away, but the layer of twigs left on the trail is thick enough to make the footing slippery in places. |
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