Mount Pilchuck - 1.21.2015
Directions on how to reach the Mountain Loop Hwy by bypassing the town of Granite Falls using Quarry Road and 3 round-abouts.
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Directions from the junction of Quarry Road and the Mountain Loop Hwy to the trailhead for Mount Pilchuck.
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rodman's GPS track of our hike to the summit of Mount Pilchuck... 5.5 miles roundtrip, gaining 2243 feet of elevation.
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A dusting of snow at the Mount Pilchuck trailhead (3160')... a 6.8 mile drive from the Mountain Loop Highway.
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The trail switchbacks up a boulder field about a mile into the hike.
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Continuous snow and ice about half way through the hike... the lookout is somewhere up there on the left high point.
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Traversing along the north side of Mt. Pilchuck... looking over at Three Fingers in the center of the photo... with Whitehorse Mountain on the left... and Big Bear Mountain on the right.
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We will gain the ridge on the right... cross over to the south side of Pilchuck... and traverse on the south side over to the summit on the left.
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On Pilchuck's west ridge... getting ready to move to the south side on the right.
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From the south side of Pilchuck... looking across Puget Sound to the Olympic Mountains.
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Nearing the Mount Pilchuck Lookout.
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rodman and BarbE near the Mt. Pilchuck Lookout.
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Looking south to Mount Rainier from the Mt. Pilchuck Lookout.
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Mount Baker in the center of the photo... Mount Shuksan on the far right... with some Canadian peaks on the far left.
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Lots of Mountain Loop Highway peaks... and beyond... Glacier Peak stands out.
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Icy eaves of the Mt. Pilchuck Lookout... with Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains at the bottom of the photo.
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BarbE and rodman using the ladder to get down from the lookout.
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Looking back at the lookout as we head out to a nice view spot SE of the lookout.
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Group shot from our view point SE of the Pilchuck lookout... tomman, ragman, BarbE and rodman.
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tomman, BarbE and rodman from our viewpoint SE of the lookout... Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains in the distance. It is a 2.75 mile hike back to the car.
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