Lake Valhalla
3 weeks ago
Fall colors are muted, road conditions vary
11 this month · 113 reports
Carne Mountain
Central Cascades
updated 3 months ago
The road to Carne Mountain is currently impassable, making the trail difficult or impossible to navigate. There are no reported bugs, and the trail is snow-free. The report from August 3 also notes the significant fire danger in Washington State, which may impact access or conditions.
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What hikers ask about Carne Mountain
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The road to Carne Mountain is reported as impassable as of August 3. This makes the trail difficult or impossible to navigate.
The trail itself is described as difficult/impossible to navigate as of August 3. No specific obstacles were detailed beyond this general description.
The trail was reported as snow-free as of August 3.
There were no bugs reported on the trail as of August 3.
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Trail notes generated from recent reports. Conditions change fast.
Sources
Older3 months ago
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East
Very recently, Governor Ferguson declared a state of emergency for the State of Washington because of the current fire danger and existing fires (some 542,000 acres have burned this year in Washington...
Older11 months ago
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East
Departed from Edmonds, Washington at 5am for Carne Mountain. Do not use apple maps for navigation, it will put you on a useless detour. We used google maps. The ETA to the trail head was 3.5 hours, bu...
Older12 months ago
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East
I’d been hoping to get into this area at least once this season. With the Chiwawa River Road trailheads closed all summer due to the Pomas Fire, access has been tough. The area finally reopened on Oct...
Older24 months ago
Central Cascades
*If anyone finds a burgundy glove, please message me!Trail was in good condition. Muddy in some spots but not too bad. In the last days of the golden larches though. Took us around 6 hours to do car t...
Central Cascades
Late October storms rolling in over the high country. I was fooled by what Harvey Manning called a sucker hole. I did bring emergency supplies, bivy extra clothes, but I forgot gloves and my hands got...
Older25 months ago
Central Cascades
Looks like the last nice day in the alpine for a while so we had to squeeze in one more good larch hike. This next week brings lots of rain & snow so any condition reports will no longer be relevant g...
Older25 months ago
Central Cascades
The RoadBig thank you to the crews that made improvements to the road. I drove it before a month and a half ago and it was high clearance only, now I think any sedan should be able to make it with car...
Older25 months ago
Central Cascades
Got to the trailhead around 9am & got a spot just outside the lot. Note: no bathroom at the trailhead! The larches are perfect right now! I was surprised how few people we saw on the trail — larches w...
Older25 months ago
Central Cascades
Larches, larches, everywhere!Getting there: You will never for one second forget that you are driving on an incredibly long dirt road to get to the hike. I survived in my Corolla but it was bumpy and ...
Older25 months ago
Central Cascades
TL;DR: trail was in great condition, views were stunning (I've seriously never said wow so many times). The road had a lot of potholes, but was passable (we did it with a sprinter van). We had a total...