Hard, short hike. Views were okay, lake cresent. Hoped for better views for the hard work that was put in. Trail in good condition, saw a deer so that was the highlight of this trail.

Began around 8:00 at Mt Storm King Ranger Station. Walked the Marymere falls trail for maybe 5 minutes to get to the Storm King trail head. This makes for a nice warmup before heading up the Mt Storm king trail which is steep with many switchbacks. After gaining some elevation the decidious trees start to appear and the tree canopy becomes less dense. Spotted a downy woodpecker and a squirrel. Very few bugs on this trail. Many beautiful Madrone trees along the way. Continued until we reached an unobstructed view of Lake Crescent. There is a steep cliff here so use caution. After reviewing topo maps I estimate this is around 3400' elevation. The view is well worth the hike. Turned back shortly afterwards as I understand the summit can only be safely reached with ropes/climbing gear. We saw no one on the trail until we came back down to the trailhead and spoke with a pair just starting on the trail. Walked to the boat ramp and dock at the ranger station and jumped in the lake. Short swim out to the bouys. Fantastic hike. It took us about 2 hours to get the viewpoint and back down.

started the journey around 11am. Lower part of the trail is wide and well used. Soon as you arrive at Storm King Trail sign on the left next to a bolder looking rock. The trail heads straight up and does not let up. Trail is well used and no debris or wash outs. once you reach the first look out the view is pretty breath taking. Then there is a sign you come along that warns you about the trail a head. Some light rock climbing and use of ropes is needed to get to the top (best lookout). Trip down was smooth and fun to see people huffing and puffing up the hill.:-)

This peak was climbed over the three day Labor Day weekend. Stefan Feller was leading a party and invited me along. With the road out of Stehekin washed out in several places the quickest route in for us was to hike over Cascade Pass and turn up the Park Creek trail. About two miles up the Park Creek trail, right where it crosses Park Creek was our first campsite. This approach of 15 miles with full pack was fatiguing but the laughter of the nearby creek granted us sound sleep for a 0630 jumpoff on Aug 31. We hiked up toward Park Creek Pass an additional 2+ miles before going offtrail toward Storm King. When on the trail the hiker will go through ~500 ft of slide alder. A short while after that the trail goes through an additional 500 ft of large white rocks which on the map appear as a watercourse travelling SSW off of Goode. When at this sea of white rocks stop and look up to the left. The forested rib of this large gully will be the ascent route toward both the objectives of Storm King and Goode. A climbers path will be seen on the right several minutes after leaving the gully's white rocks. It is noticeable by the landmarks of a twelve foot snag and a small cairn of five rocks. This is not obvious and we passed it on our way in. We realized our mistake and it only cost us several minutes. The climbers path is easy to follow but once it meets up with alpine slopes it will be lost. We stayed to the south of a ridge that angles WSW from Goode and went over a highpoint at 7400 ft before traversing north toward Storm King. There were large areas of glazed snow necessitating the use of our ice axes. If the snow was any firmer/icier we would have had to put on the crampons which were in our packs. Which peak is the true summit is tricky to determine. We angled up on loose talus to a key col that looks down toward North Bridge Creek. The route to this col just SE of the summit pyramid will be on talus. All of this climbing is Class 2-3. At the col I dropped my pack, put on my harness, and traversed a 80 ft Class 4 ledge on the north side of Storm King. The party climbed the additional 80 feet vertical without rope but elected to use the rope to rappel off of. On the descent one party member opted for a belay on the 80 ft exposed Class 4 ledge. We were met by a strong snow flurry on the descent. I was glad it hadn't started two hours earlier as it would have added additional risk to the endeavor. We spent the night at the Park Creek campground next to the former Stehekin road. That lessened the next days travel by two miles. The blueberry and huckleberry crops this year are greatly reduced in this area. We saw quite a bit of bear scat and most of it contained only mountain ash berries. I am used to this only being a late season food for bears but it seemed to be all there is out there for them. Two weeks ago the trail I used had dozens of rocks turned over by bears searching for ant eggs to eat. Distance travelled; 40 miles Elevation gain; 10,500 ft

This peak was climbed over the three day Labor Day weekend. Stefan Feller was leading a party and invited me along. With the road from Stehekin washed out in several places the quickest route in for us was to hike over Cascade Pass and turn up the Park Creek trail. About two miles up the Park Creek trail, right where it crosses Park Creek, was our first campsite. This approach of 15 miles with full pack was fatiguing but the laughter of the nearby creek granted us sound sleep for a 0630 jumpoff on Aug 31. We hiked up toward Park Creek Pass an additional 2+ miles before going offtrail toward Storm King. When on the trail the hiker will go through ~500 ft of slide alder. A short while after that the trail goes through an additional 500 ft of large white rocks which on the map appear as a watercourse travelling SSW off of Goode. When at this sea of white rocks stop and look up to the left. The forested rib of this large gully will be the ascent route toward both the objectives of Storm King and Goode. A climbers path will be seen on the right several minutes after leaving the gully's white rocks. It is noticeable by the landmarks of a twelve foot snag and a small cairn of five rocks. This is not obvious and we passed it on our way in. We realized our mistake and it only cost us several minutes. The climbers path is easy to follow but once it meets up with alpine slopes it will be lost. We stayed to the south of a ridge that angles WSW from Goode and went over a highpoint at 7400 ft before traversing north toward Storm King. There were large areas of glazed snow necessitating the use of our ice axes. If the snow was any firmer/icier we would have had to put on the crampons which were in our packs. Which peak is the true summit is tricky to determine. We angled up on loose talus to a key col that looks down toward North Bridge Creek. The route to this col just SE of the summit pyramid will be on talus. All of this climbing is Class 2-3. At the col I dropped my pack, put on my harness, and traversed a 80 ft Class 4 ledge on the north side of Storm King. The party climbed the additional 80 feet vertical without rope but elected to use the rope for a rappel. On the descent one party member opted for a belay on the 80 ft exposed Class 4 ledge. We were met by a strong snow flurry on the descent. I was glad it hadn't started two hours earlier as it would have added additional risk to the endeavor. We spent the night at the Park Creek campground next to the former Stehekin road. That lessened the next days travel by two miles. The blueberry and huckleberry crops this year are greatly reduced in this area. We saw quite a bit of bear scat and most of it contained only mountain ash berries. I am used to this only being a late season food for bears but it seemed to be all there is out there for them. Two weeks ago the trail I used had dozens of rocks turned over by bears searching for ant eggs to eat. Distance travelled; 40 miles Elevation gain; 10,500 ft