Middle Fork Snoqualmie River
Trail rebuild nearing completion
10 this month · 161 reports
Snoqualmie Region
The trail to Change Peak has some blowdowns that are easy to navigate and sections that are overgrown, though not severely. The main annoyance reported were flies at the summit, which were present but not biting. The road is suitable for all vehicles. One report from July 5, 2026 noted a lack of other hikers and numerous spiderwebs, suggesting low recent traffic.
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As of July 5, 2026, there were trees down across the trail and areas that were overgrown. These blowdowns were described as easy to get over.
The road to Change Peak was reported as suitable for all vehicles on July 5, 2026.
Yes, bugs were an annoyance, specifically flies at the top of the trail on July 5, 2026. However, they were not biting.
On July 5, 2026, very few people were seen on the Mount Washington trail and nobody was encountered after starting up the Great Wall trail to Change Peak. The reporter also noted numerous spiderwebs, indicating low traffic.
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Trail notes generated from recent reports. Conditions change fast.
Overgrown in parts, but not too bad. Also a few blow downs that are easy to get over. Lots of flies at the top so I didn't stay for long. They weren't biting however. Saw a 3 or 4 people on the Mount ...
This hike has added features from last year: more blowdowns in addition to the ones that have been there for years. All are passable and mostly lower down (before the Olallie trail). There is a triple...
I had not done any of the trails south of I90 past Rattlesnake, so I wanted to tackle Mount Washington and Change Peak. I plotted a round trip route going up Mount Washington, traversing the ridge ove...
Our original idea was a lollipop loop up the Mt. WA trail, then taking a left onto the Great Wall trail, connecting to Ollalie bike trail and then up the forest road to Change Peak. From there it's a...
As a change of pace, we opted to try Change peak. The short road from the freeway to the trailhead has some significant potholes, but these were easily avoided. We arrived around 8:30 am and easily sn...
Great, sunny trip up Change Peak today. Didn't see a soul the whole time except when I was nearly back to my car. Started in the dark at 6:30 am. The streams along the Mount Washington Trail on the wa...
I started at 7:30 am this morning, with two other cars in the lot before me. The Mount Washington Trail was slippery from the start, but only because of a thin layer of frost covering the boulders. Th...
**Left my poles in the parking lot—if someone picked them up please let me know! Thanks**Snuck up to Mount Washington before the rain arrived today. No snow all the way to the top!I’d thought to take...
Snow storm! Ground snow was not terribly deep, but the trail was nevertheless quite empty. I first encountered others below the boulder field, and traffic remained light after that. Parking lot was ne...