Grace Lakes. Stevens Pass Ski Area (Near Brooks Ski Lift). Janurary 19, 2005 (Wednesday). 8:35am-4:20pm. No Parking Pass Required.
Lv Everett 8:35am. Restroom break and snacks in Sultan 9:15am-9:30am. 45 minutes to go to Stevens Pass. Arv Stevens Pass 10:15am. Start hike at 10:35 (47* 44.648,-121* 05.753). Arv 1st of Grace Lakes at 11:40am (47* 44.316,-121* 06.551). Lunch 11:40am-12:10pm at another of the Grace Lakes (47* 44.151,-121* 06.671). Arv top of the loop hike above Brooks Ski Chairlift area at 1:00pm (47* 44.266,-121* 06.366). Heading back to parking lot at 1:00pm. Back at parking lot 1:50pm. Lv for Everett 2:05pm. Passed thru Gold Bar by Wallace Falls exit 2:45pm. Stopped at Sultan bakery 2:55pm-3:30pm. Arv Everett 4:20pm.
Notes:
Great day for snowshoeing, no rain and some sun. Lots of bakery yummies.
Clothing: Wicking long underwear and shorts. Ear band and gloves. Marmot thin waterproof jacket to block wind.
The attached file has a portion (straight red line near beginning) that was not tracked by gps due to signal blockage and program linked the untracked ends together. There was several strolls that can be seen by deeper/darker red lines. The overall distance was just under 9 miles.
Some of the times heading down were extended due to several glissading rides.
Sani Cans are available in parking lot (ugh).
Weather was forcasted to be rainy (lots of flooding in the news and rivers seen on the way up were high). Stevens Pass skiing was closed. Lots of snow has melted off, and somewhat slushy at different places. Good snowshoeing despite no power and snow was heavy from moisture. Cloudy but bright with sun peaking thru from time to time. Only one other car in lot as we left for out hike (two snow boarders). There has been 7"" of rain since Monday.
Sad Note: Some real slobs left plenty of litter here and there.
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