Hardscrabble Peak

  • Date:
    2008/07/12 to 2008/07/13
    Elevation gain:
    3,980 feet
    Trip type:
    scramble
    USGS quad:
    Big Snow Mountain
    In:
    Middle Fork Snoqualmie Drainage, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
    Car-to-car:
    2 days
    • 1 hour 49 minutes driving there from Wallingford to Dingford trail head
    • 2 hours 31 minutes ascending from Dingford trail head to Start of Hardscrabble trail
    • 2 hours 41 minutes ascending from Start of Hardscrabble trail to outlet of Lower Hardscrabble Lake
    • 1 hour 28 minutes ascending from outlet of Lower Hardscrabble Lake to outlet of Upper Hardscrabble Lake
    • 1 hour 14 minutes ascending from outlet of Upper Hardscrabble Lake to Summit of Hardscrabble Peak
    • 22 minutes descending from Pass N of Hardscrabble Peak to outlet of Upper Hardscrabble Lake
    • 58 minutes descending from outlet of Upper Hardscrabble Lake to outlet of Lower Hardscrabble Lake
    • 1 hour 45 minutes descending from outlet of Lower Hardscrabble Lake to Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road
    • 3 hours 59 minutes descending from Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road to Dingford trail head (spent a few hours at Goldmeyer)

  • Lindsay riding up the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road
    Lindsay riding up the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road
  • The huge log 100 feet before the start of the Hardscrabble path
    The huge log 100 feet before the start of the Hardscrabble path
  • Hardscrabble Dome from below Hardscrabble Lake
    Hardscrabble Dome from below Hardscrabble Lake
  • Avalanche deposits above Hardscrabble Lake
    Avalanche deposits above Hardscrabble Lake
  • Scrambling up Hardscrabble Peak
    Scrambling up Hardscrabble Peak
  • NE side of Hardscrabble Peak
    NE side of Hardscrabble Peak
  • NE side Hardscrabble Peak
    NE side Hardscrabble Peak
  • SW sub-summit of Hardscrabble Peak
    SW sub-summit of Hardscrabble Peak
  • Upper Hardscrabble Lake
    Upper Hardscrabble Lake
  • North side of Burnt Boot Peak
    North side of Burnt Boot Peak
  • Upper Middle Fork Snoqualmie Valley
    Upper Middle Fork Snoqualmie Valley
  • North side of Burnt Boot Peak
    North side of Burnt Boot Peak
  • Burnt Boot Peak and Mount Thomson
    Burnt Boot Peak and Mount Thomson
  • NW side of Lemah Mountain
    NW side of Lemah Mountain
  • Hardscrabble Peak
    Hardscrabble Peak
  • East sides of Big Snow Mountain and Hardscrabble Dome
    East sides of Big Snow Mountain and Hardscrabble Dome
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