Mount Washington — Sunday, Apr. 2, 2017

Snoqualmie Region > North Bend Area

Today was a wonderful day for this hike-and we weren't alone in these thoughts, because this trail was pretty crowded mid-day! DIRECTIONS The directions on WTA are correct. From Seattle, you take exit 38, turn right and cross the bridge, then another right into Olallie State Park to the parking lot at the bathrooms. TRAIL The trail currently is snow free for just about a mile and a half, then the snow just builds and builds. At the top there's at least 5 feet of snow. The trail is pretty easy to follow, especially now as it's been packed down by the 20+ people that did this trail today. I wore trail runners, and my two friends wore boots. We didn't need microspikes the whole way up, but put them on promptly before coming back down. I used Strava to track distance and elevation; came in at 8.1 miles and 3300 feet of elevation TIMELINE 8:30 am--left the TH 11:00 am--reached the top ***2.5 hour ascent 11:10 am--began the descent (pretty cold up top! socked in) 12:40 pm--back at the TH ***1.5 hour descent Overall, it was a great day outside! Felt like Spring, but looked like Winter.