Rattle Snake Ledge

Some of the Beoalps
class of '96 Green team reunited to hike up to Rattle Snake Ledge for the view and some much needed exercise for myself. This heavily used trail was in excellent shape and not too steep after all. Our numbers were augmented by Evin Stiener who used his age (6 months) as an excuse to hitch a ride on dad's back. He slept almost the whole way, waking just long enough at the top to grab a quick view. During lunch we saw a Chinook army helicopter fly by from the North. Later in the day I read in the Sunday Times that Wade Holden had finally convinced the reserves to use thier heavy-lift capability to pull some hard-to-get-at car-bodies from the Middle Fork Snoqualmie area. Good job Wade and the Friends of the Trail! One quick warning - all the portable toilets around Rattle Snake lake are real full up so go before you leave home.