Comments on: First bike camping of 2009 — North Fork Snoqualmie River

By: Tami Gleason

Tami Gleason — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:22:28 +0000

I have been up to the bare mountain trail many times but I was wondering if you would know the little mountain in the snoqualmie valley. When I look from the parking garage at the Snoqualmie Casino, level 1, I can see a small mountain in the middle of the Snoqualmie Valley. What is the name of this mountian?

Thank You,

Tami Gleason

By: AlexWetmore

AlexWetmore — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:35:16 +0000

I”m very interested in that fire tower too. It’’s going to have to wait until later in the summer when the snow pack is gone.

I was thinking of a Snoqualmie to Duvall/Cherry Valley traverse camping one night along the way. Maybe two nights if there are some good looking hikes.

By: Maarten

Maarten — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:55:31 +0000

I tried to get to Sunday Lake once and found a foot-deep swamp across the lower part of the trail. It’’s something to save for late August after a few weeks of little rain, but rumor has it there’’s some nice old growth up that valley.

The other attraction as you”ve probably noticed on the map is the old fire lookout tower in Sec 5 at the NW corner of the topo map you posted. I”ve been meaning to go check it out for a few years but haven”t gotten to it. There are pictures of it around on the web.

Lake Hancock is on my list too, actually… seems like a great long climb conditioning ride. Also: Snoqualmie to Sultan traverse.

By: AlexWetmore

AlexWetmore — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:35:06 +0000

There is a bridge that is “out” at Sunday Creek crossing (around mile 15). You can see a photo of that in Andre’’s pics (linked off of my first comment). People are obviously ignoring it and driving up to Lennox Creek, but that is at your own risk.

The bridge is functional, but wood and sagging a lot.

By: Lee A

Lee A — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:44:20 +0000

Hey Alex,

Where was the road closed? How far up did you get before you turned around. Can you get via car to the bridge at Lennox Creek?

By: AlexWetmore

AlexWetmore — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:43:47 +0000

http://mapper.acme.com is my new favorite tool for looking at maps.

By: Rory

Rory — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:40:07 +0000

I was jealous enough to pull out the map and look for areas within the kittitas area. the problem is its definately not as short a jaunt as this was, but it could offer some different terrain…

By: AlexWetmore

AlexWetmore — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:24:51 +0000

This is not the only bike camping trip of 2009. I”m curious enough to return to this area at least once and explore farther up into the valley.

By: rory

rory — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:32:40 +0000

i”m jealous

By: AlexWetmore

AlexWetmore — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:14:55 +0000

Andre took some good photos too;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrjoeball/sets/72157617375670008/