West Granite Mountain from south

Atsuko and I parked in the Pratt Lake/Granite Mountain trailhead and headed up the trail. We passed the fork to Granite Mountain and continued toward Pratt Lake for a short distance until we crossed a creek gully. The trail switchbacks a couple times right after the gully, after the last switchback we left the trail and went north cross-country, staying to the west of the gully. The forest was mostly clear of underbrush. Almost any way to West Granite Mountain from the south would go, we crossed the bottom of the little basin south of the summit at 4,800', ascended the SW ridge, and summited from there. It was a walk-up. There were boulder fields after 4,600', but even with the thin snowpack (about 1.5 feet) they weren't much of a problem.

  • Date:
    2005/03/26
    Elevation gain:
    3,870 feet
    Trip type:
    scramble
    USGS quad:
    Snoqualmie Pass
    In:
    Alpine Lakes Wilderness, South Fork Snoqualmie Drainage
    Car-to-car:
    6 hours 27 minutes
    • 3 hours 41 minutes ascending from Pratt Lake trailhead to West Granite Mountain summit
    • 2 hours 3 minutes descending from West Granite Mountain summit to Pratt Lake trailhead
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