Source Lake, Snoqualmie Lake & Chair Peak Lake — Thursday, May. 5, 2005

Snoqualmie Region > Snoqualmie Pass

We needed a short hike that the dog could join us on. So we picked a scramble up onto Chair Peak. There was eight cars at the Snow Lake Trailhead. We saw few people on the trail. The is a few soft patches of snow left on the trail. At 1.5 miles we continued straight on the Source Lake Overlook trail. Source Lake is completely thawed. Once we reached Source Lake we continued up onto Chair Peak staying left and asending a creek bed of a smaller waterfall set. From here there was continuous snow. We then worked our way back to the right climbing a small cliff with some trees to use as holds. Next we walked toward the Tumbtack and turned west up a chute to ascend the ridge overlooking Snow Lake. Snow Lake is still frozen but melting at the edges. We walked along the ridge toward the base of the summit. We sank in the snow only up to our knees. We turned back at 400m from Melakwa Pass because ultimate frisbee was calling. One person followed us up. I don't know how far he went. The way down a lot of fun in the snow. 1.75 hours up, 1 hour down.