Cathedral Rock, Mount Daniel & Peggy's Pond — Saturday, Jun. 20, 1998

Snoqualmie Region > Salmon La Sac/Teanaway

The Cathedral Rock Trail is in generally excellent shape for the first couple of miles. The switchbacks up the side of the valley are clear and dry, until just before the Squaw Lake bench. The still heavy snow melt coming off the bench is putting a lot of water into the last half mile of trail before the lake. There is spotty snow on the trail before getting to the lake. Once past Squaw Lake the snow cover becomes almost 100% along the traverse up to Cathedral Pass. The first half of the Peggy's Pond trail is dry and clear, but the second half has several steepish sections still covered by firm snow. The area around Peggy's Pond is generally snow covered. Although some of the campsights in the tree clusters seem to be bare, most camping is still on snow, and only a couple spots around the rim of the Pond are melted through. The scramble routes up Mt. Daniel are in fine shape, with firm and stable snow providing great footing. There are plenty of bare rock sections along the ridge crests for dry and warm seating while enjoying the views(Deep Lk is open, but Circle and Venus Lks are still mostly covered). The East, Middle, and West summits all are bare and dry and easily reached.