Trip type: scramble
Elevation gain: approx. 6,115 feet (approx 1,863 meters)
Car-to-car time: 11 hours 42 minutes
USGS Quad: Snoqualmie Lake
In Areas: Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Middle Fork Snoqualmie Drainage
Trip Report
Lindsay and I parked on the Middle Fork Road and headed up the Green Ridge trail. At the fork at 3,400' we stayed left (on the ridge) and continued up point 4,840'+. 4840 would be a nice hiking destination in itself, it has good views in all directions. It also offers a great view of the route up the final 1,000' of Treen Peak.
From 4,840' we dropped down to lake 4662 then down to Upper Garfield Mountain Lake. This is 800' of elevation loss, putting the trip over 6,000' of total gain!
From Upper Garfield Mountain Lake, we ascended to Charlie Brown Lake. From the lake the best route wasn't 100% clear to me. From the outlet of the lake we countoured below the gendarme-filled SW ridge of Treen until we passed through a steep snow gully (with rock on both sides) that is directly north of the lake (see the photo with the route drawn in). After the snow gully the terrain was straight-forward to the summit.
At the summit we found a brand-new summit register placed a few days earlier by Fay Pullen. I wonder if the register Randy placed a few years ago was still buried under the summit cornice? We spent well over an hour lazing on the the roomy summit admiring the views in all directions.
References
- Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest: Road Conditions
- Book: Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes: Vol 1 - Columbia River to Stevens Pass
- Book: Middle Fork Guide: Seattle's closest mountains
- Northwest Hikers: Treen Peak
- The Northwest Peakbaggers Asylum: Treen Peak
- Washington Trails Association: Treen Peak
Maps
- Online map with route drawn on it: Map of route to Treen Peak via Green Ridge
Travel Times
Car-to-car time: 11 hours 42 minutes- 1 hour 22 minutes driving there from Wallingford to Green Ridge trail
- 6 hours 8 minutes ascending from Green Ridge trail (1,250') to summit of Treen Peak
- 4 hours 5 minutes descending from summit of Treen Peak (5,515') to Green Ridge trail
Visited
Bessemer Mountain, Quartz Mountain, and Choirboy from Green Ridge trail
Quartz Mountain from Green Ridge trail
Garfield Mountain from Green Ridge Trail
Treen Peak with our route from Charlie Brown Lake drawn in
Floating Rock from Green Ridge
