Granite Lakes ridge loop
We rode our mountain bikes from the Mailbox Peak trail-head up the
Granite Creek Road-Trail, we walked more than rode after crossing
Granite Creek because the Granite Creek Road-Trail gets steeper after that point. We
stashed our bikes behind the berm where the Granite Creek Road-Trail splits left to go up
Zorro Ridge (point 4642) and right to go up point 5124. We hiked to
trail 1009A and took the trail (which is well maintained) to the ridge
that separates the Granite Lakes and Thompson Lake, we then headed
north up the ridge toward point 5124. The ridge is easy hiking with
some pushing through young conifers. There is a nice log cabin near
the top of point 5124 with doors and windows 10 feet off the ground.
The top of point 5124 has excellent views. From point 5124 we headed
northwest across the ridge to point 4642, this is a beautiful narrow
ridge, there was some pushing through brush but it's not bad at all.
From point 4642 we descended west on the logging road, which has a few
thick alder patches but is mostly clear, I like this road. The bike
ride back to the Mailbox Peak trail-head was great fun, especially the
bumpy and steep first couple miles.
Trip type:
mountain bike, scramble
USGS quads:
Chester Morse Lake, Bandera
In:
Middle Fork Snoqualmie Drainage
Car-to-car:
8 hours 20 minutes
-
2 hours 40 minutes
ascending via bikes
from
Mailbox Peak trailhead
to
berm in intersection at 3,160'
-
3 hours 35 minutes
ascending
from
berm in intersection at 3,160'
to
Zorro Ridge
-
1 hour 15 minutes
descending
from
Zorro Ridge
to
berm in intersection at 3,160'
-
50 minutes
descending via bikes
from
berm in intersection at 3,160'
to
Mailbox Peak trailhead
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