Fun hike up with Glen99 and SoaringEagle up to South Bessemer Mountain. Just a beautiful day for a hike up to one of the best vistas up the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River!!
We started at 8:35am, parking at the Oxbow Loop trailhead. When we got to the CCC trail we headed in the forest straight up, keeping the creek to our left. We used Glen99's track from his Moolock ascent. Beautiful moss covered open forest up to the road at 1800ft. We then headed up in the open forest to the next switchback, and trail. My right achilles was really bothering me, so we decided to walk the road, instead of heading straight up in the forest.
Road/Trail was snow free up to the saddle between Moolock and Bessemer, which is at around 4000ft. We started to run into continuous snow shortly thereafter, but was never very deep, and was fairly consolidated. The summit of South Bessemer had maybe 10-12" of snow
We took a break at the lower summit and admired the fantastic views. At this lower summit is where we ran into the only other hikers we would see all day. Somehow they passed us when we were going up thru the open forest. It was probably because I was going pretty slow, due to my painful achilles. Not because I was tired or anything!! hahaha!!
We finished at 3:20 pm. Just a beautiful day!! 12.4 miles with 4186ft gain.
Comments
Maddy on Bessemer Mountain, CCC Road: Blowout Creek Trailhead
I wonder if that sore Achilles has something to do with the 20 million feet of elevation gain you do every year ...lol
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Maddy on Nov 16, 2023 07:56 PM
Glen99 on Bessemer Mountain, CCC Road: Blowout Creek Trailhead
Ha Ha Ha. That's what we said :)
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Glen99 on Nov 16, 2023 08:39 PM
kidz won't hike on Bessemer Mountain, CCC Road: Blowout Creek Trailhead
😁😁 Hahaha..that’s what they told me today!!…and everyone is correct in their assessment!!!!
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kidz won't hike on Nov 18, 2023 12:12 AM
Lunapeople on Bessemer Mountain, CCC Road: Blowout Creek Trailhead
Thanks for the report (and all the others too). If one were to hike just to the saddle or less than the full 4100 feet (say 8 or 10 miles RT) are there still good views? and a logical turnaround point?
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Lunapeople on Nov 17, 2023 01:54 PM
kidz won't hike on Bessemer Mountain, CCC Road: Blowout Creek Trailhead
The saddle is where the views really open up. You can follow the road up as high as you want, as the views keep getting better. The views at the switchback past the saddle at 4400 ft are pretty sweet, and would be a nice spot to turn around if you didn’t want to go up the final 600 ft to the summit
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kidz won't hike on Nov 18, 2023 12:19 AM