Rattlesnake Mountain - Grand Prospect

I hiked this in the morning, I got to the trailhead around 6:30. No one was in the parking lot then. It’s a very nice steady climb the whole way. The first lookout was a nice place to stop and get a s...

I hadn't been up here in five years so it was really nice to see how the forest is maturing with so much more under-story compared with last time.  It makes for a good weekend I90 hike, the parking lo...

Hiked up to Grand Prospect. I continued on until I saw an open area to the right.Very short bushwhack to a forest road, following it until there were good views of Mt. Ranier. From there I decided to ...

A lovely hike on a cool day. Used poles on the way down (after rolling my ankle, d’oh!). Gloves would have been nice, but otherwise no snow, nice simple hike. Not a lot of other people on the hiking t...

Flower Report: Mile 1 - lots of bleeding hearts. Mile 2 - bleeding heart + Trillium. Mile 3 & 4 - Trillium + yellow violets.Trail in great condition. I don't know why anyone says the viewpoint from St...

Trilliums are blooming!Trail is in good shape, with some muddy patches. One largish tree to go over. Parking lot fills up quickly with mountain bikers. Had some company on the trail, but plenty of sol...

Started at 11:00am, plenty of space in the lot. Trail in good conditions until the creek where it became muddy and snowy after it started gaining elevation. Nothing too bad, no traction required. Nice...

This was a great first hike of spring. I got to the trailhead about 7am and was the third car in the lot. I basically had the trail to myself the whole hike up, only passed one other person on her way...

TL:DR - The trail is almost completely snow covered up to Grand Prospect, icy down low, packed snow on trail in the middle, and soft and deep near the top, easy to post-hole there.  A few small trees ...

My group of 6 people attempted to hike to Grand Prospect but had to turn around approximately 1 mile from Grand Prospect due to deep snow.  The trail started out fine (snow was present but it was hard...