Mount Catherine — Saturday, Jul. 14, 2001

Snoqualmie Region > Snoqualmie Pass

Ok, so now that I've looked at my map a little closer, I see that you can drive all the way to the start of the Mt. Catherine trail. :I What we'd done was start at the Twin Lakes trail and hiked through. Not a big deal but it would have been nice to avoid the muddy spots and have more time to have done Silver Peak, too, given the little time we had. The trail has several blow-downs, most quite easy to get over or around. Unfortunately the weather wasn't cooperating, so things got a bit misty and drizzly and cold and the occasional breeze was quite chilling. Perhaps that kept some of the mosquitos away. They weren't too much of a problem, but we did get pestered by just a few. All snow is gone. My Green Trails map shows this trail as only 1.2 miles long, but I'm quite certain it has to be a bit longer. My guess is easily a good 2 miles or so. It took a little less than an hour to reach the top. Now, we weren't trying to set any speed records, but we weren't just out for a stroll, either. It is a little bit steep but graded pretty well and didn't seem too taxing. The really steep part is the very last approx. 30 ft. or so, but definitely do-able. Unfortunately we had absolutely no views at all since we were completely socked in. We briskly finished our lunches since cool-down came rather quickly. On the way down we actually saw a couple other folks who braved the weather, too. This would be good to incorporate with a trip up Silver Peak, too.