Snoqualmie Mountain - 10.1.2008

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Park in the Alpental Ski Area parking lot (3080')... cross the road and head up on the unmaintained trail... 3.4 miles roundtrip, gaining 3198 feet of elevation.
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Denny Mtn and the Alpental Ski area... taken from ~.5 miles up the trail.
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We've reached the large boulder field... go straight for Mt. Snoqualmie or right to Guye Peak.
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Nice fall color... with The Tooth and Bryant Peak in the distance.
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Our first good look at the Mt. Snoqualmie summit area.
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Nanda on the trail... Guye Peak and Keechelus Lake in the distance.
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larman, rodman, and Nanda taking a break several hundred feet below the Mt. Snoqualmie summit... Mt. Rainier in the distance.
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Red Mtn... with Mt. Thomson, Chikamin Peak, Four Brothers, Three Queens, Alta Mtn and Hibox Mtn in the distance.
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The false summit of Mt. Snoqualmie is very gnarly.
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The Unknown Climber on Snoqualmie's airy false summit... Chimney Rock and Lemah Mtn in the distance.
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Nanda, rodman, and larman on the Mt. Snoqualmie summit (6278')... Mt. Rainier in the distance.
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Looking across the Mt. Snoqualmie false summit... Mt. Stuart is on the distant horizon.
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A closeup of Chair Peak and Kaleetan Peak.
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Snow Lake with Chair Peak, Kaleetan Peak, and Mt. Roosevelt.
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Coming down from the Mt. Snoqualmie summit area.