Took advantage of incredible fall weather. Surprised only 2 cars at TH. Also surprised how good trail was. I spent one night in snow at about 5200' in order to save legs. Track is exactly two boot widths wide but is soft dirt with virtually no rocks or "steps". 2 logs you have to go up 40' around and back down. The rest not worth mention unless your 1st hike ever. Views of Lime Ridge & G Peak outstanding but best part is looking back at Green Mt and knowing there's probably 100 people milling about over there and your alone on your own mountain! Do Red Mt. next if you want a real steep trail.

Once the road is no longer paved, get ready for potholes. With the light colored gravel and the shade sun blindness, you will miss some. I remember a particularly scary group over a slight bump in the road with ten miles to go. Road does improve after the Green Mountain turnoff.

I cannot make 4400 foot gain sound inviting. It was a punishing up and down with few views aside from the rewarding top. Trail is overgrown with brush in the first couple miles. There are multiple down trees. Aside from a couple with well trodden paths around, you can walk over most of the trees. Trail is soft with needles and cones. However, it gets thin as a curb in several places. Trees are adorned with blaze marks most of the way. 

There were a few ripe red huckleberries early. Heard some marmots but did not see any.

Nine people hiked this trail, on a weekend day.

Happy trails!

Up Sulphur Mountain on a hot hot day. 10 miles RT. Trailhead 1600'. End of trail 6000'. Gain 4400' (more accurate than the WTA's 4200'). Average elevation gain per mile: 880'.

The last 15 miles of the Suiattle River Road is gravel featuring prize-winning potholes. The hiking trail was easy to follow all the way, though not easy to hike: narrow and of course steep. Total gain of 4400', but we finally left the forest and views appeared in only the last 200'.

Given the hot day and the uninspiring hike up thru the forest, it was one of the tougher hikes I've ever encountered for great mountain views – a sweaty grunt up an endless fir forest. I almost turned around after 3000' gain, but then Satchi and I stopped for food and water and I took a 20-minute nap, and then we carried on.

Only 3 major blowdowns, each of which has a little side trail around it. Some routefinding thru the snow near the top, but the snow is melting fast and there are solid footprints to follow. It was pretty much 360-degree views at the end, with Glacier Peak in your face. Scads of magnificent mountains all around, though I didn't have the time to work at identifying them. But was the payoff worth the price? Not sure, especially with the more pleasurable Green Mountain hike just next door. But Sulphur offers solitude; not so Green Mountain.

The end of the trail is actually not on top of Sulphur Mountain – it ends on a splendid open viewpoint, with Sulphur still a long way off with a lot of down and then up and no trail. We were alone on the trail except for two fellows who were plodding upward with huge packs, beginning a 7-day mountain traverse.

For those who love a long trek to the high country Sulphur mountain is a gem. The steep trail leads up through an open climax forest with a carpet of sphagnum moss. The trail is covered by a carpet of tiny western hemlock cones with few rocks. The night before the trip my wife and I camped at Sulphur Creek campground a quarter mile from the trail head. We saw a black bear while slowly driving the pot holed Suiattle river road. The trail is snow free until 5,200 feet. We could follow the trail for another 200 feet gain , but the trail was then no longer visible. Using ice axes and micro spikes we went straight up and slightly to the right to reach the ridge at 6,100 feet and good views of ice covered Sulphur mountain lake 700 feet below and other distant peaks. We started at 8am and were back to the parking lot by 4pm.

I hiked up the Sulphur Mountain trail today with my dog. The road to the trailhead is in good shape. The trail up to 4200 ft is clear of snow. At 4200 ft I put on microspikes and gaiters. I soon after lost the path completely under the snow. I set a waypoint and headed straight up hill to the ridge crest and followed it toward the top of the mountain. The snow was pretty good condition less than 5 ft deep, but I still post holed from time to time. There is a point where the ridge line meets the main mountain and it looks like there is a big boulder filled stream there. It was covered in snow and I wasn't sure what the condition of the snow was. I didn't attempt to cross and turned back at that point. It was around 4900 ft.