CCC Road: Blowout Creek Trailhead — Friday, Jan. 21, 2000

Snoqualmie Region > North Bend Area

This is a great winter hike. The combination of rain forest/moss-draped old trees and the more open spots with views out to snow-draped mountains is great. We started out on the east end (2.3 miles past the Bessemer Road off the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road) and headed west intending to do a one-way hike of about 9-10 miles to the other end and our cars parked at the Tenneriffe trailhead. However, the Middle Fork Road's potholes slowed us down enough that we didn't have enough daylight, so we shortened this to a loop: west along the old road, now a nice trail to the Bessemer Road and then down to the Middle Fork Road and back along the road to our cars; probably a little under 6 miles. The trail is in pretty good shape with some small trees/logs across that are easily climbed over or under. There is snow along most of it, but never more than a few inches deep. We'll be back to do the other section. We'll also be back to explore more of the valley and especially for any trail workparties that might be planned to brush out the lower portion of the Middle Fork Trail down to the Pratt River Trail.