West Granite Mountain from south
Atsuko and I parked in the Pratt Lake/Granite Mountain trailhead and
headed up the trail. We passed the fork to Granite Mountain and
continued toward Pratt Lake for a short distance until we crossed a
creek gully. The trail switchbacks a couple times right after the
gully, after the last switchback we left the trail and went north
cross-country, staying to the west of the gully. The forest was
mostly clear of underbrush. Almost any way to West Granite Mountain
from the south would go, we crossed the bottom of the little basin
south of the summit at 4,800', ascended the SW ridge, and summited
from there. It was a walk-up. There were boulder fields after
4,600', but even with the thin snowpack (about 1.5 feet) they weren't
much of a problem.
Elevation gain:
3,870 feet
USGS quad:
Snoqualmie Pass
In:
Alpine Lakes Wilderness, South Fork Snoqualmie Drainage
Car-to-car:
6 hours 27 minutes
-
3 hours 41 minutes
ascending
from
Pratt Lake trailhead
to
West Granite Mountain summit
-
2 hours 3 minutes
descending
from
West Granite Mountain summit
to
Pratt Lake trailhead
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