[ragman and rodman]

Driving FS-4315 from the Salmon La Sac Road up to the top (5000') of Sasse Ridge is one sweet way to start this hike... where a 30 second walk from the car put us on the Sasse Ridge Trail... as we headed east using a combination of the Sasse Ridge Trail, Jolly Mountain Trail and Jolly Creek Trail to reach the saddle (5500') that separates the Salmon La Sac Creek drainage and the Jolly Creek drainage... where we left the Jolly Creek Trail and continued north on a good path toward Point 6050 (aka Skookum Peak) and Point 6394 (aka The Louvre). There is a difference of opinion on the names of these two high points... some feel that 6394 is Skookum and 6050 is The Louvre... and some have the exact opposite view on the subject. For those who feel that the name "The Louvre" makes no sense, Snowdog points out that all three forks of Paris Creek originate on the west side of these two high points. The Peakbagger.com website shows The Louvre as 6394 and Skookum as 6050... and that is what I'm going with in this report... on the other hand, does it really matter?... just do both of them and call it Loukum. Other than being off trail, reaching Point 6050 was just a fairly steep hike... as we left our good path and slogged up the 100 feet of elevation to the summit... then followed the ridge NE for a mile over to Point 6394... where we found it necessary to do some Class 2/3 moves at the summit block in order to touch the true summit. On our return we used the good path all the way back to where we connected with the Jolly Creek Trail... where 500 feet of elevation greeted us... as we truly slogged up to the junction with the Jolly Mountain Trail... leaving a mile of nice trail to the Jolly summit (6443')... where we took a short break before hustling back to the car in order to beat the 6:00 pm rock-blasting closure in the Snoqualmie Pass area. 10.3 miles roundtrip, gaining 3431 feet of elevation. GPS Track and photos of our trip to Skookum Peak, The Louvre and Jolly Mountain. ..

[mehitabel]

I was saving this one to do as a snow trip--would that make sense?

[ragman and rodman]

The Jolly Mountain summer trail from the Salmon La Sac Road up to Sasse Ridge is 4.2 miles, gaining 3200 feet of elevation... then basically add what we did to that total for a snow trip. You might be able to reduce some of the mileage by being on snow... but you can't reduce the elevation gain... And if you want to wait for some of FS-4315 to melt out before starting your snow trip, know that there are a couple of gates on the road that probably don't open until road conditions will allow.

[Sadie's Driver]

Mehitabel - Depending on the snow depth, you wouldn't be able to start from where Ragman et al did - you couldn't get up the Sasse Ridge road. That adds a few miles and a bit of elevation from the Salmon la Sac Road. Rog - figures that your directions would be from The Brick! Probably didn't get to stop if you had to get back across the Pass . . . they probably do a "to go!" I wanted to see the group summit shot ON the summit of the Louvre! Definitely the route to take to get all three in a day. Nice work.

[cartman]

This was a fun trip when we did it in summer years ago, one I'd repeat. Interesting you were able to drive up to the TH now. When we were up there Oct 13, 2011 the gate was locked at 3000' for some wildlife seasonal closure reason. Maybe they lock it right before deer season starts?

[mehitabel]

do you think June would be a good month for it?

[BarbE]

Great trip and an easy way to do the Louvre without leaving the country.

Elle using her southern charm to persuade Ragman

looking at Skookum, Louvre and Stuart

Mona hanging @ the Louvre

Elle chillin'@ the Louvre

Roger visiting the Louvre

Izzy and Stuart

Mount Daniel

Supermodel Isabel posing on the Louvre

Rodman's crux move

one more

leaving the ridge and heading for Jolly

Clouds move in

Ragman/Rodman at Jolly summit

Glacier peekaboo

[ree]

Wow, nice pictures there... esp. of southern charm... heheh. They don't call it Sassy Ridge for nuthin'.

[Sadie's Driver]

[ragman and rodman]

[Eric]

[puzzlr]

When I tried driving up in the summer it was gated at ~3000' as well. Need a webcam on that gate!

[mehitabel]

Good to know I shouldn't count on the gate being open.