Trip Report
Cave Hole, Coal Creek Falls, Quarry, Indian Trail, Wildside Trail-De Leo Wall, Marshall's Hill & Red Town Meadow & Trails — Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010
Issaquah Alps > Cougar Mountain
This series of trails forms a nice clockwise loop starting at the Red Town TH on Cougar.
Blue skies, sun, no wind, and temperatures in the mid-forties. The Coal Creek Falls are quite pretty right now, with a light dusting of snow on the surrounding area. When I got to the De Leo Wall trail, I decided to take the extra loop out to the “lookout spot”. This section of trail is narrower, more overgrown, and in rather poor condition, and the lookout was just a view of the suburbs to the SW. I’d skip it next time and just enjoy the climb up the main De Leo Wall trail. There were some blowdowns on the Marshall's Hill trail, but not too difficult to get over.
5 miles round trip, approx 1,100' elevation gain.
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