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Hardscrabble Peak

Image of Lindsay riding up the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road
Lindsay riding up the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road

Image of Hardscrabble Dome from below Hardscrabble Lake
Hardscrabble Dome from below Hardscrabble Lake

Image of Scrambling up Hardscrabble Peak
Scrambling up Hardscrabble Peak

Image of NE side Hardscrabble Peak
NE side Hardscrabble Peak

Image of Upper Hardscrabble Lake
Upper Hardscrabble Lake

Image of Upper Middle Fork Snoqualmie Valley
Upper Middle Fork Snoqualmie Valley

Image of Burntboot Peak and Thompson Peak
Burntboot Peak and Thompson Peak

Image of Hardscrabble Peak
Hardscrabble Peak

Image of The huge log 100 feet before the start of the Hardscrabble path
The huge log 100 feet before the start of the Hardscrabble path

Image of Avalanche deposits above Hardscrabble Lake
Avalanche deposits above Hardscrabble Lake

Image of NE side of Hardscrabble Peak
NE side of Hardscrabble Peak

Image of SW sub-summit of Hardscrabble Peak
SW sub-summit of Hardscrabble Peak

Image of North side of Burntboot Peak
North side of Burntboot Peak

Image of North side of Burntboot Peak
North side of Burntboot Peak

Image of NW side of Lemah Mountain
NW side of Lemah Mountain

Image of East sides of Big Snow Mountain and Hardscrabble Dome
East sides of Big Snow Mountain and Hardscrabble Dome

 Date: 2008/07/12 to 2008/07/13
Trip type: scramble
Elevation gain: approx. 3,980 feet
Car-to-car time: 1 day 8 hours 5 minutes
USGS Quad: Big Snow Mountain
In Areas: Middle Fork Snoqualmie Drainage, Alpine Lakes Wilderness

Travel Times

Car-to-car time: 1 day 8 hours 5 minutes
Ascending time: 7 hours 54 minutes
Descending time: 7 hours 4 minutes
  • 1 hour 49 minutes driving there from Wallingford to Dingford trail head
  • 2 hours 31 minutes ascending from Dingford trail head (1,405') to Start of Hardscrabble trail (2,560')
  • 2 hours 41 minutes ascending from Start of Hardscrabble trail (2,560') to outlet of Lower Hardscrabble Lake (3,920')
  • 1 hour 28 minutes ascending from outlet of Lower Hardscrabble Lake (3,920') to outlet of Upper Hardscrabble Lake (4,420')
  • 1 hour 14 minutes ascending from outlet of Upper Hardscrabble Lake (4,420') to Summit of Hardscrabble Peak
  • 22 minutes descending from Pass N of Hardscrabble Peak (5,000') to outlet of Upper Hardscrabble Lake (4,465')
  • 58 minutes descending from outlet of Upper Hardscrabble Lake (4,465') to outlet of Lower Hardscrabble Lake (3,940')
  • 1 hour 45 minutes descending from outlet of Lower Hardscrabble Lake (3,940') to Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road (2,560')
  • 3 hours 59 minutes descending from Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road (2,560') to Dingford trail head (spent a few hours at Goldmeyer)

References
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