[ragman and rodman]

From the junction of Teanaway Middle Fork Road and Teanaway West Fork Road... drive the middle fork road for 4.1 miles and park (~2620') on the side of the road. You should be able to see an old trail sign attached to a tree... located a short distance up the hill on the uphill side of the road. We started hiking uphill... following a faint path which soon became a ribbioned, faint path... which we followed for one mile to where it connected with Road 230 just before reaching the Middle Teanaway Lookout Site (~3360')... then searched the area to see if we could find any evidence of its existence... but came up empty on our search. Continuing north from the lookout on Road 230, we followed the road for approximately 3 miles to where it ended at a saddle (~4530')... then followed a very good path up the east side of the butte to the summit (~4760')... where we found nice views of Rainier, a ton of Teanaway peaks and the Stuart Range. We reversed our route on the way back to the car... with the roundtrip being 8.5 miles, gaining 2400 feet of elevation. Photos, trailhead directions and downloadable GPS track of our trip to Teanaway Butte and Middle Teanaway Lookout Site. If a person wanted to avoid the cross-country portion of this trip, they could start hiking on Road 230 where it junctions with the Middle Fork Teanaway Road. Eric Willhite has a web page that provides some history on the Middle Teanaway Lookout Site. ..

[DigitalJanitor]

Thanks for all the pics. I've been wondering how that area made it through the fire as mapping indicated it burned pretty hard in patches on the south end. Seeing green trees and grass up there is encouraging... So much of that forest was pretty thrashed to begin with, I hope the fire might function as an overdue cleanup.

[Karen Daubert]

this was a wonderful day - made so by the fact that it was a "first" for all of us, it included interesting history of the Middle Fork, and it provided the opportunity to witness the impact of the burn first-hand. Plus it was a really fun group!

[NorthwestWanderer]

The picture of the stuart range is awesome

[SusanHikes]

Thanks for the post. You've inspired me to do this hike this week. The photos really helped me see what conditions to expect. Thanks again!

[mehitabel]

Any Morels?

[ragman and rodman]

[SusanHikes]

R&R - Thank you again for the inspiration. We followed your route starting from the old signage (thank you for sharing a pic and other details to help us locate the spot). Enjoyed also sharing some of the history with my crew. Thanks again! We ran into a guy near the bottom that had found a bag of morels down lower. It wasn't our focus so we didn't discuss details but this suggests they are out there.

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[Gwen]

[Joey]

Interactive map with your GPS track https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?basemap=ESRI_scanned_topo_USA&data=http://rogergervin.com/gpxfiles/Teanaway51/MiddleTeanawayLookoutSite20180502.gpx