Jim Hill Mountain via Lanham Lake (attempted)

We snowshoed the Lanham Lake trail to the lake then ascended the wooded ridge east of Lanham Lake toward the saddle between Jim Hill Mountain and point 5707. Other than a few scrambly spots where we pulled ourselves up by the brush we didn't encounter difficulties, but I'm sure every party picks their own route up the side of the ridge, I didn't see any obvious route. We overshot a bit and reached the top of the corniced ridge at a point south of the saddle. Because of time limitations we turned around here and returned the same way.

Date:

2005/01/15

Elevation gain:

3,030 feet

Trip type:

scramble

USGS quads:

Labyrinth Mountain, Stevens Pass

In:

Highway 2 Corridor

Car-to-car:

7 hours 20 minutes

24 minutes driving from Lower Queen Anne to 160th Street Park and Ride
1 hour 29 minutes driving from 160th Street Park and Ride to Lanham Lake trailhead
1 hour 33 minutes ascending from Lanham Lake trailhead to Lanham Lake
3 hours 2 minutes ascending from Lanham Lake to saddle N of Jim Hill Mountain
2 hours 45 minutes descending from saddle N of Jim Hill Mountain to Lanham Lake trailhead

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