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Amabilis Mountain Snowshoe
Snoqualmie Region
updated 5 months ago
The Amabilis Mountain Snowshoe trail currently has mixed conditions. Lower sections are largely melted out, requiring walking for about 20 minutes from the road, as of March 28. After this, snow coverage becomes more consistent. While some reports from March 22 and March 7 indicate packed, icy snow that may only require microspikes, earlier reports from January 27 mention deep powder requiring snowshoes in steeper sections, with significant bushwhacking and slow going. Parking at the trailhead is noted as having potholes and ice as of January 27.
Generated from 13 trip reports. Trails change faster than reports do, so check anything you’d turn around for.
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The road is open as of April 10. However, it is noted to be mostly snow-free only to about 3000 feet, with some potholes and slick ice at the parking area as of January 27.
The upper sections can be steep with potentially deep powder, as noted in the January 27 report, which also mentioned annoying brush and slide alder making for slow going. Some areas may also be icy, as indicated by the need for microspikes in early reports.
Parking at the trailhead can be challenging, with reports of potholes and slick ice in the lot as of January 27. As of March 7, the lot was not full early in the morning, but filled to around 20 cars by midday.
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Trail notes generated from recent reports. Conditions change fast.
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Older5 months ago
Snoqualmie Region > Snoqualmie Pass
The road is open. Parked at pull out at ~3000'. Road is mostly snow free to that point. Then walked to ~3700' with microspikes. Then snowshoed the rest of the way, mostly off the road. Would have been...
Older6 months ago
Snoqualmie Region > Snoqualmie Pass
The snow melted out at the lower sections of the trail, you would have to walk for about 20 minutes from the "Road". After that the snow coverage becomes OK and you can ski up OK, however, the snow is...
Older6 months ago
Snoqualmie Region > Snoqualmie Pass
Many melted out patches in the first mile, after which snow cover is continuous. We brought snowshoes and microspikes but only used the microspikes, and even those were hardly necessary. The snow is s...
Older6 months ago
Snoqualmie Region > Snoqualmie Pass
We did Amabilis Mountain Snow Shoe today.We reached the trail head at 6:45 am and there were only 4 cars in the parking lot. There was not much snow on the ground for the first 1/4 mile. It was a bit ...
Older8 months ago
Snoqualmie Region > Snoqualmie Pass
This is a report on the direct route up Amabilis, bypassing most of the long roadwalk switch-backing. This is the same 2k feet gain in 4.5 miles, up a pretty steep grade mostly through the forest and ...
Older8 months ago
Snoqualmie Region > Snoqualmie Pass
I went nordic skiing at the Cabin Creek Sno-Park this past Friday, climbing up Mount Amabilis, looping around and then descending. Other than having to deal with lots of divots in the grooming from wa...
Older18 months ago
Snoqualmie Region
Today was a good day to try this one out and get a solid workout in to ramp up for hiking season. No real views until the top. Once you get to the turn off for the mountain most of the traffic disappe...
Older19 months ago
Snoqualmie Region
The Amabilis Mountain trail was freshly groomed to the Y on Sunday and had been groomed all the way around the loop earlier in the week. The snow was somewhat mushy in the above-freezing temperatures ...
Older20 months ago
Snoqualmie Region
We arrived at the Cabin Creek Sno-Park parking lot around 9:45 AM and found plenty of available spaces. After quickly getting ready, we crossed the freeway bridge and began our trek up the Amabilis tr...
Older20 months ago
Snoqualmie Region
Went out for a snowshoe today, but ended up just hiking and carrying our snow shoes because the snow is so hard that we didn’t need them, or even micro spikes. Trail is very nicely groomed, but my hik...