where to go???

[amanda]

Hey, my friend and I are in Seattle Washington and we are planning to go hiking on the 29th and 30th (of Dec) and I was wondering if anyone had some ideas as to where we could go...Mt. Hood isn't looking so good at the moment and i'm trying to think of a fun, safe place to go in this weather. i havent done a ton of winter hiking, so i could use some advice. thanks!

[Mr_Phil]

Mt Si near North Bend.

[amanda]

sweet, but damn, that fat guy is intimidating

[Blinn]

Hi Amanda. You might get a better response if you ask at NW Hikers.

[lancegranite]

The mountain loop highway outside of Granite Falls has many snowy trails and roads to hike or snowshoe on.

[Jens]

Hi Amanda. You might get a better response if you ask at NW Hikers.

 

You will probably get a nicer response for sure, but the knowledge base here is much greater. The approaches to the cascade peaks are so rugged that climbers hike everywhere hikers go plus a whole lot more places than even the "Michael Jordans" of off trail hiking.

[glassgowkiss]

can you say "TROLL"?

[genepires]

north to south some ideas

 

baker hwy - go to ski area upper lot on snowshoe up to herman saddle, maybe summit mazama dome. (sounds big but it is a easy snowshoe day)

 

hwy 20 - sauk mtn. will need to hike some loggin road then hike up R side of face, where summer trail is.

 

mtn loop hwy - mt dickerman trail. A summer trail that gets to an actual summit. really nice views is the weather is good. Quite often a trail is beat in if the weather has been good for a couple days.

 

hwy 2 - from stevens pass hwy, head up opposite ridge from ski area, very often a boot pack exists.

 

hwy 90 - tromp around snoq pass either into source lake or commonwealth basin. Pick what looks good when you get there. Also usually a boot pack exists.

 

Rainier area - not sure of status of road but around unicorn peak is sweet.

 

With that, all these places could be considered safe and/or dangerous. Too many factors but if the weather is good and the avi hazard is low, then the above would be good options for a fit hiker with good common sense.

[OrganDonor]

I'll agree with genepires heather ridge other side of Stevens Pass (HWY 2), is a good spot to go. Plenty of options there. Also Mount pilchuck is another option. I've heard leavenworth has good snoewhoeing spots, just dont know where. Might want to look into that.