Stegosaurus Butte — Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016

Snoqualmie Region > North Bend Area

Rainy and chilly at the MF Trailhead around 11am on Sunday where we found a few other parties. The forest on this one feels much like neighboring Rainy Lake trail. In fact the whole trail does. Has its share of blowdowns, steep sections, rooty holds and is very wet. The trail is pretty obvious, a left off of the Pratt River Trail from MF, about half way to Rainy Creek bridge, just around a bend. Had my girlfriend and dog with me today and figured we'd try a more challenging hike for her today. The trail is heavy with vegetation and shrubs but also a little cleared out in terms of trees. There are large boulder piles, but only one or two you end up hiking over. The start of the trail is quite muddy and slick. Significant Other slipped a few times and became very upset I was, "making her do this trail." My gentle encouragement only infuriated her more as she slid a bit on the mud. I used a stick to provide a railing she could climb up, but by the third slip her patience was lost. She decided to go wait in the car not far from the trailhead, and I said I'd be fast. Disappointed yes, but I understood. The rain and mud was hurting her morale a bit. Despite the partner troubles I thought the trail was a blast. So I pumped up to the top and wandered around taking pictures for a while. There are boot paths on the butte offering views of "The Pulpit", Preacher, Russian Butte and especially Garfield - OMG Garfield view is awesome here. Descent was pretty slippery and I saw other parties with poles, which would have been nice today. It's pretty short and somewhat steep and overall a great little training hike. Though, the terrain can be a little questionable, so don't go in expecting Mt. Si.

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