Scatter Creek — Monday, Sep. 22, 2014

Snoqualmie Region > Salmon La Sac/Teanaway

I will save you the time of reading the entire report by telling you that the trail has been completely obliterated and is impassable due to a huge avalanche at around 5000 feet elevation. Here's some additional information in case you're still interested in hiking this trail. The trailhead is well marked and the sign is easily visible form the road. The first part of the trail, up to the junction with trail 1226.2 is in excellent condition and all the blowdown looked like it had been recently cut with fresh sawdust on the ground. After the junction, the trail crosses Scatter Creek and now the real fun begins. The trail is brushy, muddy in spots and there is a fair amount of blowdown. After climbing over some avalanche debris at around 4800 feet, we crossed a small meadow and re entered the woods when we came upon a huge field of avalanche debris. There we're hundreds of downed trees completely covering the valley in front of us. It appeared to be at least a couple of hundred feet wide with no visible way to go through it or around it. This was our turn around point and we headed back to the car.