Mount Rose — Friday, Mar. 27, 1998

Olympic Peninsula > Hood Canal

Wonderful trail to the snowline at about 3400'. Someone's been working hard making this trail an outstanding uphill walk. I haven't visited here in several years and was impressed to see a sign at the fork distinguishing the summit (left) from the ridge route (right). We chose the left fork. Once on the snow it was easy to follow with tape blazes and other footsteps, though several of the blazes have been removed. Cold weather made the snow nearly crampon-type hard but thankfully no postholing involved. The stream crossing was a little tricky because of the hard snow and steep bank Ski poles came in handy here. Fog at the top prevented seeing much but during one short break we got a glimpse of Ellinor.