Treen Peak via Green Ridge

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 contoured 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.

  • Date:
    2007/06/02
    Elevation gain:
    6,115 feet
    Trip type:
    scramble
    USGS quad:
    Snoqualmie Lake
    In:
    Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Middle Fork Snoqualmie Drainage
    Car-to-car:
    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 to summit of Treen Peak
    • 4 hours 5 minutes descending from summit of Treen Peak to Green Ridge trail
  • Map of route to Treen Peak via Green Ridge
    Map of route to Treen Peak via Green Ridge
  • Bessemer Mountain, Quartz Mountain, and Choirboy from Green Ridge trail
    Bessemer Mountain, Quartz Mountain, and Choirboy from Green Ridge trail
  • Quartz Mountain from Green Ridge trail
    Quartz Mountain from Green Ridge trail
  • Garfield Mountain from Green Ridge Trail
    Garfield Mountain from Green Ridge Trail
  • Treen Peak with our route from Charlie Brown Lake drawn in
    Treen Peak with our route from Charlie Brown Lake drawn in
  • Floating Rock from Green Ridge
    Floating Rock from Green Ridge

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