Sulphur Mountain — Tuesday, Jun. 12, 2018

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.