Wilderness Cliffs #COUGAR-E5,Wilderness Creek #COUGAR-E6,Wilderness Peak #COUGAR-E4,Long View Peak #COUGAR-S4,Deceiver #COUGAR-S3,Shy Bear #COUGAR-S2
Apr 15, 2006
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
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- Hike: Wilderness Peak
- Region: Issaquah Alps -- Cougar Mountain
- Agency: King County Parks
- Trails: Wilderness Peak (#COUGAR-E4)
- Avg Rating: 2.40
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- Hike: Wilderness Cliffs
- Region: Issaquah Alps -- Cougar Mountain
- Trails: Wilderness Cliffs (#COUGAR-E5)
- Avg Rating: 2.75
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- Hike: Long View Peak
- Region: Issaquah Alps -- Cougar Mountain
- Trails: Long View Peak (#COUGAR-S4)
- Avg Rating: 4.25
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- Hike: Deceiver
- Region: Issaquah Alps -- Cougar Mountain
- Trails: Deceiver (#COUGAR-S3)
- Avg Rating: 3.40
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- Hike: Shy Bear
- Region: Issaquah Alps -- Cougar Mountain
- Trails: Shy Bear (#COUGAR-S2)
- Avg Rating: 3.25
- Be Aware Of
- Mudholes
Saturday was rainy and slightly cold – a great day for hiking in the lowlands. I did a double loop to Wilderness and Long View Peaks via the Wilderness Cliffs Trail, Long View Peak Trail, Deceiver Trail, Shy Bear Trail and Wilderness Creek Trail. Trail conditions varied from fairly dry to wet and “sticky mud” on parts of the Shy Bear and Deceiver Trails.
The Issaquah Alps trail club had a hike over this same area but I did not see them at any point on the loop, not surprising since I started about 2 hours later than this group.
The cliffs trail was in good shape with limited mud and that mostly near the summit of Wilderness Peak where the trail levels somewhat and goes near a bog. The trail to Long View Peak was in good shape and there was no mud on the first section of Deceiver to Doughty Falls, from the falls to Shy Bear there is some mud and muck but much more on Shy Bear which goes through several bog areas before connecting to the Wilderness Creek Trail. Some of the Shy Bear Mud holes were of the boot sucking type and need to be stepped around or over.
Wilderness Creek has some mud but nothing unusual (did not have any boot sucking mud holes) for the day or time of year.
There was some sun as I passed over a board walk crossing of Wilderness Creek but in general it rained most of this hike. The good part of the hike being few people were out on Deceiver or Shy Bear making it a quite time.
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Board Walk and Erratic on Wilderness Creek Trail
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