Evergreen Mountain Lookout #1056
Jun 28, 2008
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Evergreen Mountain Lookout
- Region: Central Cascades -- Stevens Pass - West
- Agency: Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Skykomish Ranger District
- Trails: Evergreen Mountain Lookout (#1056)
- Avg Rating: 2.75
- Be Aware Of
- Washouts
- Snow on trail
As mentioned on the Forest Service web site, it was an 8 mile walk/hike on the forest service road to get to the trailhead from the barrier. There were about 5 washouts on the forest service road that involved getting over water. There were about 5 areas that involved climbing over down trees on the forest service road as well.
About half of the trailhead was cover with snow and ice but it wasn't hard finding the trail except in one area. We diverted from the trail due to ice and then eventually found the trail again. The trail is not over-grown. Where there wasn't snow, the trail was easy.
As stated on web sites, THERE IS NO WATER SOURCE, except to melt snow. The last source of water we found was 3 miles before the trailhead. The trail is 1.5 miles, so that's 4.5 miles without water (each way, for a total of 9 miles without a water source if you make it to the top).
We made it to the top in 10 hours and back down in 6 hours (based on my GPS it was about 10 miles each way). At the lookout tower, there was broken glass from one of the windows, but otherwise we didn't see any damage to the lookout. The storm door was on the lookout and all other windows were in place.
There is one flat area at the top for pitching a tent but it's on top of snow. The only areas that didn't have snow were on steep slops, too steep to pitch a tent.
The view from the top was AWESOME! If you don't mind melting snow, you'd love it up there!!
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You can see the lookout tower in the center of the picture
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