Scatter Creek — Monday, Jun. 30, 2014

Snoqualmie Region > Salmon La Sac/Teanaway

The trailhead is located .2 miles BEFORE the concrete-lined vehicle ford - not "just before" the concrete-lined vehicle ford. There were many large trees covering the trail, a lot of time crawling over them or finding a way around them. We had to assist our very able dog several times over and under fallen trees. There is a creek crossing not mentioned in the description of the hike. It occurs before reaching the "2.3" mile trail intersection. You can see the crossing on the Nat Geo map, but I don't think it shows on the Green Trails Map. We encountered a few patches of snow on the trail after reaching the 2.3 mile intersection mentioned in the description of the hike. When we reached the creek crossing mentioned in the description, we didn't feel it was safe to cross with the dog. We turned around at that point. The description says "gentle switchbacks". We thought that meant switchbacks that made the hill climb easier. But there are very view true switchbacks - it's mostly straight up with a few 5' switchbacks here-and-there.