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Mt Margaret 5580'
— Nov 08, 2011
— Type E
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An unexpected nice weather window to take advantage of:
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An unexpected nice weather window to take advantage of:
http://alpinelakesaficionad[…]nt-margaret-5580-11811.html Day hike
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The gift that keeps giving, http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/trip-reports/trip_report.2010-10-01.6688086137 JVC's description of the Rampart Ridge back door route. Today, I took the...
The gift that keeps giving, http://www.wta.org/[…]/trip_report.2010-10-01.6688086137 JVC's description of the Rampart Ridge back door route. Today, I took the right at the second junction, marked by a small, easy to miss rock cairn, and went looking for Mount Margaret.
Skirting around a big rock slide, in about a mile you'll drop into the basin containing Twin Lakes, beautiful heather meadows, and babbling brooks all beneath the towering Rampart Ridge. It's an amazing, idyllic place and a good destination in its own right. To continue to Mt Margaret, stay on the main trail and cross the basin and start climbing again. I found two ways to the summit. On the way up I took a faint boot path to the left (blocked by some branches) right at the first level ground after climbing up the ridge for awhile. This worked well enough, although it was brushy and bushwacky at times, probably a snowshoe/game trail. I discovered the real trail on the way down, which is about 1/2 mile traverse further down the main trail. A rock cairn on the right marks the trail that exits on the left. This is steeper than the other way, but not brushy. The summit of Margaret is 5459'. That's not high by the Snoqualmie area summit standards, but it sits out by itself at the end of Rampart Ridge (good prominence? I'm not up all that lingo). Although there are some trees on the summit, there are panoramic views in all directions. A little something for everyone on this, steep hills, flat traverses through forest on the mountain sides, nice meadows, lakes, ridges, mountains, views. I don't know the particulars of this route, I'd estimate about 9 miles round trip and 3000' gain, including some up and down. A word about the access road, its just wide enough to squeeze a prius without scratching it up, and it's rutted and potholed, but passable. Bigger cars will get scratched. Day hike
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Turned out to be a beautiful day and hike - no rain - but reflective raindrops on everything. A real...
Turned out to be a beautiful day and hike - no rain - but reflective raindrops on everything. A real disappointment as there were NO blueberries. Fall colors starting to appear. Views from the top of Mt. Margaret were gorgeous. Also great views of Mt. Rainier in the clouds on the way down.
We found a red/silver Black Diamond rather new-looking hiking pole. If you lost one at the Mt. Margaret trailhead. please call 206-546-6830. Day hike
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Blowdowns | Snow on trail
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We followed the Lake Lillian shortcut trail, instead of the standard route. Going this way it's only about 2 miles...
We followed the Lake Lillian shortcut trail, instead of the standard route. Going this way it's only about 2 miles round trip to Lillian, instead of about 9 miles. To get to the trailhead, turn off of FR 4832 onto FR 136. Follow 136 for about two miles until you get to a major switchback, and you'll notice a small gravel parking area at the switch back. Road 136 is very narrow, and overgrown so you may scratch your car up a bit, but it should be doable for most people. The shortcut trail is exactly as it sounds. Short, very steep, and not maintained. I would not recommend this route for inexperienced hikers. There was still snow at Lake Lillian, Lake Laura, Twin Lakes, and on top of Mt. Margaret, but it will be gone soon.
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Mount Margaret
— Jul 03, 2009
— Paul's wife
Day hike
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Wildflowers blooming
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Be warned, don't make the mistake we made. After parking in the designated lot for the trailhead, we naturally...
Be warned, don't make the mistake we made. After parking in the designated lot for the trailhead, we naturally went to the end of the lot over a berm that blocks an old logging road, and started hiking. Fortunately after a half-hour, we met a hiker coming back who told us we weren't on the real trail. There is a small sign at the beginning of the parking lot that tells you to walk up the road another 100 yards (more like 200). Then it is another half-mile on a road before you get to the trail, which is through a 10-yr-old clearcut for most of the trail. Gorgeous views and flowers, but not the hike for a hot day! Not much shade. Snow patches at about 5000', should be gone in a week. Did not encounter snow at all on trail until after intersection with spur to Mt. Margaret. We continued toward Lake Lillian, stopped where trail descends into Lillian basin. Bigger snow patches and brush after this point. Somewhat buggy with the melting snow.
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