Date: 2006/07/02 to 2006/07/03
Trip type: scramble
Elevation gain: approx. 3,015 feet
Car-to-car time: 21 hours 27 minutes
USGS quad: Chikamin Peak
In area: Middle Fork Snoqualmie Drainage
I parked at the Snoqualmie Pass PCT trailhead and headed up the PCT.
There are lots of people on this trail on a pretty Sunday. The crowds
thinned out to almost nobody after passing Kendall Katwalk. Right before Ridge Lake I took a quick detour north to scramble up
Collar Mountain, a minor summit named by John Roper and company in
September 2002. It has a nasty, brushy summit but does have nice
views of the south side of Mount Thompson. After a quick look around,
I descended to Ridge lake. There were a couple short, steep snow slopes to cross on the
trail between Ridge Lake and Alaska Mountain. Once I was south of the
summit of Alaska Mountain, I left the trail and scrambled to the
summit. The summit of Alaska is pleasant, it has nice spots to sit and enjoy
views of nearby Huckleberry Mountain, Chikamin Peak, Alta Mountain,
and the very impressive Thompson Mountain. There is also just enough
room for a 6'3" guy to sleep if he doesn't mind his feet hanging off
the edge, which is what I did.
References
Travel Times Car-to-car time: 21 hours 27 minutes
- 55 minutes driving there from Lower Queen Anne to Snoqualmie Pass PCT trailhead
- 2 hours 33 minutes ascending from Snoqualmie Pass PCT trailhead to Kendall Katwalk
- 29 minutes ascending from Kendall Katwalk to PCT
- 20 minutes ascending from PCT to summit of Collar Mountain
- 12 minutes ascending from summit of Collar Mountain to PCT
- 1 hour 2 minutes ascending from PCT to PCT
- 17 minutes ascending from PCT to summit of Alaska Mountain
- 1 hour 42 minutes descending from summit of Alaska Mountain to Kendall Katwalk
- 2 hours 32 minutes descending from Kendall Katwalk to Snoqualmie Pass PTC trailhead
- 1 hour driving back from Snoqualmie Pass PTC trailhead to Lower Queen Anne
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