Tumwater Mountain - 3.23.2010
rodman's GPS route of our hike/snowshoe trip to Tumwater Mtn... 11 miles roundtrip, gaining 3557 feet of elevation.
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From Stevens Pass, drive Hwy 2 for 35 miles to Leavenworth... a third of a mile into Leavenworth, turn left on Ski Hill Drive and continue for .7 miles... turn left onto Ranger Road and drive to the gate (1400').
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After a mile or so of road walking, we started getting some views of Leavenworth.
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After 1.8 miles (2600'), the road had patchy snow.
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Ranger Road wraps around this radio tower (3100').
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We left Ranger Road at ~3200 feet and started cross-country.
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rodman and BarbE heading for the Tumwater ridge.
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rodman and BarbE on Tumwater Ridge and heading for the subtle summit (4480+).
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Looking across Tumwater Canyon to Icicle Ridge... Big Lou Mtn and Big Jim Mtn.
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A closeup of Big Lou Mtn.
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A closeup of Big Jim Mtn.
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Looking towards the south end of Tumwater Mtn.
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BarbE and ragman on one of the several high points on Tumwater Mtn.
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Leavenworth from Tumwater Mtn.
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We decided to snowshoe over to the northern end of Tumwater Mtn.
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ragman and BarbE on the way to the north end of Tumwater Mtn.
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rodman and BarbE near the northern high point (4280+).
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Nice view from Tumwater's northern high point.
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BarbE tries to glissade off of the northern high point.
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We've found the road at ~4000 feet and will follow it back to the car.
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