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PostSat Oct 09, 2010 10:04 pm 
Tim J and I were looking to get out on Saturday for some exercise. Knowing it was going to be a wet day I wanted to find an east side trail hike with a reasonable amount of distance and elevation gain. Mt Aix (7766ft, #39 on the Wash 2000ft prominence list http://www.summitpost.org/view_object.php?object_id=250418) fit the bill perfectly. We left the trail head at 9:10am under a low cloud deck, but it was not raining… yet. Three hundred feet above we entered the clouds, where it was cool but still calm. At 5000 ft the rain started and at 7000 ft we were greeted by the wind as we approached the ridge crest. The summit was playing hide and seek in the clouds and we knew with the weather the way it was we were not going to spend much time on top, so we dropped our packs at the start of the direct scramble route up the last 400 ft and quickly made our way up to the summit. We took a few quick pictures and started our descent, finally stopping for the first time at about 6000 ft under a stand of trees over the trail for a bite to eat. It was raining steadily as we continued our descent but we were again out of the wind and the temps were not too bad. About a mile from the truck we crossed paths with a group of three people and two dogs heading up the trail. Other than that we saw no one all day. The drive back over Chinook Pass was wet and foggy and we were back in MV before dinner. Stats: 4200 ft elevation gain, 11+ miles rt, 6 hr+ car to car http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=46.79484,-121.25620&z=15&t=T
view from about 5000 ft
view from about 5000 ft
The summit playing hide and seek
The summit playing hide and seek
Tim on the summit of Mt Aix
Tim on the summit of Mt Aix
Mt Aix BM
Mt Aix BM
Descending the summit ridge back to the trail
Descending the summit ridge back to the trail

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