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Jake Robinson
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Joined: 02 Aug 2016
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Patchy snow after Goat Flats, a few steep snow traverses beyond Tin Can Gap. Happy to have packed ice axe and crampons, and a bike! Nice day out with Dave.
 Three bullet holes for Three Fingers  Bullon and Whitehorse above Goat Flats  Tin Can Gap at center  Three Fingers  A snow crossing  Dave in the lookout  Middle and North Finger, and Whitehorse  a snow traverse |
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Jeff
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Joined: 18 Aug 2008
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Location: Someone get me out of Everett, WA
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I guess the trail is getting a little overgrown these days.
The bike is key! I saw people walking it years ago and it looked terrible. |
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veronika
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Joined: 25 Apr 2010
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Location: On the road
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Great report. I like that it doesn't get much use anymore. A great place to go for vacation these days. 👍
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uww
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Joined: 16 Dec 2015
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Looks like a great day! Thanks for the report.
What was the road situation? |
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Jake Robinson
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Joined: 02 Aug 2016
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| The road is blocked just before the bridge across SF Canyon Creek, so that adds 9 miles of road each way onto your trip. There's a big washout ~2 miles before the TH but it wasn't hard to walk our bikes across. |
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Backpacker Joe
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Joined: 16 Dec 2001
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Location: Cle Elum
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Yet another good reason for an E-bike. Although Im beyond (in a age) the desire to ever care to mess with those ladders. LOL 
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raising3hikers
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Joined: 21 Sep 2007
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Location: Edmonds, Wa
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that's a long day when you can drive to the TH. with the extra 9 miles of road biking each way, you guys had a big day! nice work
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lopper
off-route
Joined: 22 Jan 2002
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Thanks for the report & pics. Good to see the inside of the lookout in decent shape. The missing shutter on the E side had some of us worried.
Horrid trail (641) below Saddle Lk.
Meadow Mtn trail: shorter bike-pedal, decent trail, a bit of extra hoofing. |
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Chief Joseph
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Joined: 09 Nov 2007
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Location: What Verlot Forgot.
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| lopper wrote: |
| Meadow Mtn trail: shorter bike-pedal, decent trail, a bit of extra hoofing. |
That might be a better option for some, when we hiked it a few years ago, we had to push our bikes most of the way to the old TH, of course the return trip was fast, awesome, and a bit scary.
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lopper
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Joined: 22 Jan 2002
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Before the logging road was built to Tupso Pass, the two trail routes to Goat Flat would have been the Meadow Mtn Trail from Canyon Creek and the Boulder River Trail.
Here is a 1940s map.
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Stuke Sowle
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Joined: 23 Sep 2016
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Location: Issaquah, WA
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Awesome stuff Jake! I need to go back now that I have a bike. I love running but that road was a bit tedious when I did it a couple of years ago.
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MangyMarmot
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Joined: 06 Apr 2012
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Cool trip Jake. This must be the coolest lookout in Washington. Here are a few of my photos:
 Traversing a snowfield  More snow  Our buddy  Last ladder  The lookout  The lookout  Climbing out |
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the1mitch
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Joined: 03 Apr 2005
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Location: Snohomish
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My son and I did 641 last September and found it very doable. The switchback section under the big trees from the forest service road was in great shape. After 2 miles or so it begins to flatten out and rollercoaster a bit and that section requires stopping at every clearing to pick your path. BIG PILES of BEAR SCAT there on the high point of Meadow Mtn. 18 inches across !
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lopper
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Joined: 22 Jan 2002
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Just a clarification......the Meadow Mountain trail: #715
Tupso Pass trail #641 |
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allie
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Location: seattle
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| Great map thanks for sharing! |
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