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| Our hike |
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| Jason, Jan, Moa and Alastair routefinding. |
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| The group looks out over Cle Elum Lake. |
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| Hex Mountain summer trailhead. |
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| Our trailblazing!! (Photo taken by Jan) |
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| (Photo taken by Moa) |
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| The group starts up the summer trail. Notice the snowball Jan is creating. |
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| Jason photographs us. (Photo taken by Jan) |
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| Notice all the cornices that had been created by the wind. |
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| Winding through the trees during the final push to the summit. |
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| Alastair, making memorable summit photos! (Photo taken by Jan) |
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| (Photo taken by Moa) |
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| Me, Jason, Alastair and Jan on the summit. (Photo taken by Moa) |
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| Moa, Me, Jason and Alatair. Oh, and who could forget the snowball made by Alastair. (Photo taken by Jan) |
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| The Summit!!!! |
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| Me at the summit!! (Photo taken by Jason) |
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| Jason cooks up brats and cabbage for carnival. (Photo taken by Moa) |
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| Brats and cabbage. |
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| Jan celebrates carnival! |
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| (Photo taken by Jan) |
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| Jan demonstrates use of a picket for an anchor. |
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| Alastair helps out his mentor. |
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| Jan and Alastair create a deadman anchor. |
Today, I hiked up Hex Mountain. It was a beautiful trip and the weather was quite nice on the eastern side of the Snoqualmie Pass. I prefer snow to rain just about any time. My companions for today's snowshoe adventure were a lively bunch. I have officially celebrated my first German Carnival. Our celebration was complete with German beer (turns out we're not big on drinking and hiking as the 5 of us split one beer). We also were taught by Jan about deadman anchors and pickets.
The trail up Hex is quite steep but it has excellent 360 degree views of Mt. Rainier, the Teanaways and the Stuart Mountain Range. Especially, when the weather cooperates. The snowshoe trail begins on an old logging road which winds its way steadily upward through forest for about 1.7 miles until you reach the official summer Hex Mountain trailhead at about 3400 feet. Please note the trail (logging road) seems to split at around 2000ft of elevation, continue towards the right to stay course to reach the summer trailhead.
Directions:
From I-90, take Exit 80 toward the town of Roslyn. Got north on the Bullfrog Cutoff Road and at the T-intersection, take a left on S.R. 903. After 9 miles and passing through Roslyn and Ronald, go right on F.R. 116. If plowed, park here; otherwise, backtrack down S.R. 903 a couple hundred yards to a plowed area on the west side of the highway near Newport Creek. No pass is necessary in winter. You'll start by hiking up F.R. 116
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