West French Cabin Mountain via Silver Creek

We hiked north along Silver Creek on trail 1315 to the intersection with trail 1308.1 at 4,650'. We went east on trail 1308.1 until we met the south ridge of West French Cabin Mountain. We left the trail and followed the ridge up, often keeping a bit east of the top of the ridge to avoid the rock. The off-trail travel was easy.

On the way down we avoided the ridge rock entirely by descending lower on the east face of the ridge.

  • Date:
    2004/10/16
    Round-trip distance:
    12 miles
    Elevation gain:
    3,390 feet
    Trip type:
    scramble
    USGS quad:
    Kachess Lake
    In:
    Cle Elum River Area
    Car-to-car:
    7 hours 1 minute
    • 3 hours 13 minutes ascending from Silver Creek trailhead to intersection of trail and S ridge
    • 29 minutes ascending from intersection of trail and S ridge to West French Cabin Mountain
    • 21 minutes descending from West French Cabin Mountain to intersection of trail and S ridge
    • 2 hours 32 minutes descending from intersection of trail and S ridge to Silver Creek trailhead
    • 39 minutes driving back from Silver Creek trailhead to North Bend
    • 20 minutes driving back from North Bend to Issaquah Park and Ride
    • 27 minutes driving back from Issaquah Park and Ride to Greenlake
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