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Hardscrabble Peak

Lindsay riding up the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road
Image of Lindsay riding up the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road
The huge log 100 feet before the start of the Hardscrabble path
Image of The huge log 100 feet before the start of the Hardscrabble path
Date: 2008/07/12 to 2008/07/13
Trip type: scramble
Elevation gain: approx. 3,980 feet
USGS quad: Big Snow Mountain
In areas: Middle Fork Snoqualmie Drainage, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
Car-to-car time: 1 day 8 hours 5 minutes
  • 1 hour 49 minutes driving there from Wallingford to Dingford trail head
  • 2 hours 31 minutes ascending from Dingford trail head to Start of Hardscrabble trail
  • 2 hours 41 minutes ascending from Start of Hardscrabble trail to outlet of Lower Hardscrabble Lake
  • 1 hour 28 minutes ascending from outlet of Lower Hardscrabble Lake to outlet of Upper Hardscrabble Lake
  • 1 hour 14 minutes ascending from outlet of Upper Hardscrabble Lake to Summit of Hardscrabble Peak
  • 22 minutes descending from Pass N of Hardscrabble Peak to outlet of Upper Hardscrabble Lake
  • 58 minutes descending from outlet of Upper Hardscrabble Lake to outlet of Lower Hardscrabble Lake
  • 1 hour 45 minutes descending from outlet of Lower Hardscrabble Lake to Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road
  • 3 hours 59 minutes descending from Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road to Dingford trail head (spent a few hours at Goldmeyer)

References

Hardscrabble Dome from below Hardscrabble Lake
Image of Hardscrabble Dome from below Hardscrabble Lake
Avalanche deposits above Hardscrabble Lake
Image of Avalanche deposits above Hardscrabble Lake
Scrambling up Hardscrabble Peak
Image of Scrambling up Hardscrabble Peak
NE side of Hardscrabble Peak
Image of NE side of Hardscrabble Peak
NE side Hardscrabble Peak
Image of NE side Hardscrabble Peak
SW sub-summit of Hardscrabble Peak
Image of SW sub-summit of Hardscrabble Peak
Upper Hardscrabble Lake
Image of Upper Hardscrabble Lake
North side of Burntboot Peak
Image of North side of Burntboot Peak
Upper Middle Fork Snoqualmie Valley
Image of Upper Middle Fork Snoqualmie Valley
North side of Burntboot Peak
Image of North side of Burntboot Peak
Burntboot Peak and Thompson Peak
Image of Burntboot Peak and Thompson Peak
NW side of Lemah Mountain
Image of NW side of Lemah Mountain
Hardscrabble Peak
Image of Hardscrabble Peak
East sides of Big Snow Mountain and Hardscrabble Dome
Image of East sides of Big Snow Mountain and Hardscrabble Dome
Copyright © 2008 Gabriel Deal.