Sasse Mountain #1340
May 28, 2006
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Sasse Ridge
- Region: Snoqualmie Pass -- Snoqualmie Pass
- Agency: Cle Elum Ranger District
- Trails: Sasse Mountain (#1340)
- Avg Rating: 3.50
If you enjoy hiking through cut timber in a churned motorcycle rut with dirt bikes whizzing past, and the smell of gasoline in your nose, and the feel of motorcycle parts beneath your toes, then this trail is for you.
I hiked the Sasse Mountain Trail from the south with my son Ben, because it was close to the Wish Poosh Campground where we were staying, and because the Green Trails Map said it was not motorized. Well, all three of the southern approaches to Hex Mountain are motorized - Sasse Mountain Trail #1340, Hex Mountain Trail #1343, and Corral Creek Trail #1340.1. It is the ridge north of Hex Mountain that is non-motorized.
We stopped shy of Hex Mountain because the dirt bikes were becoming such a nuisance and my son was getting tired. The dirt bike riders were all friendly, but only one group was courteous (they killed their engines while passing us, unlike most who zipped past without slowing down). Some of them got off trail and churned up the meadows.
The Sasse Mountain Trail is well signed from the Salmon la Sac Road, but the trailhead is signed #1302 instead of #1340 (this is the Mirror Lake trail number - possibly the Wenatchee NF is trying to distinguish the motorized section of Sasse Mtn Trail from the non-motorized section).
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