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September 25, 2004 - Mount Pilchuck
Elevation Gain: 2200 ft
Time Up: 1 hour, 35 minutes
Time Down: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Distance (RT): 6 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
  • Mt. Pilchuck @ Seattle P-I (1)
  • Mt. Pilchuck @ Seattle P-I (2)
  • Mt. Pilchuck @ NWSource Outdoors

    Related Book:
    100 Hikes in Washington's Glacier Peak Region

    • From Granite Falls, drive the Mountain Loop Highway one mile past the Verlot ranger station and turn right on Mount Pilchuck Road (Forest Road 42) and drive seven miles to the trailhead at 3,100 feet.
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    Rocky slabs greet you once you emerge from the trees
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    The lookout is somewhere up there!
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    Chris takes in the view; Ava an odor
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    Views as you arrive at the summit
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    Looking down to Ava and Lisa from the lookout
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    Chris and Ava, who wonders why she isn't up in the lookout
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    Layers of blue from our lunch spot
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    The (quite crowded) lookout
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    Glacier Peak from the summit of Pilchuck
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    Time to head back...
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    Color and shadows on the trail
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    Get your boulders on
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    All photos Copyright © Chris Duval