Margaret and Lillian

I drove past the official Mount Margaret trail head on Road 4934, drove up the single lane spur road, and parked where the trail starts. There isn't a gate on this road, although there are two yellow posts that used to hold a gate. The single lane road was rough, I bottomed out twice. There was only room for a couple cars to park at the end.

I first hiked to Lake Lillian. This was a very enjoyable walk with some nice views.

Then I hiked back to Mount Margaret. I found a very faint and easy to miss boot path that runs east directly uphill to the saddle between the summit and the southern sub-summit.

On the way back I took the well-traveled boot path that runs from the summit, over the south summit, and south down to the main trail.

It was a lovely hike, but it is too bad we do not have a real parking lot at the trail head. Hiking the logging road from the official trail head would be uninspiring.

  • Date:
    2008/11/17
    Elevation gain:
    2,050 feet
    Trip type:
    scramble
    USGS quad:
    Chikamin Peak
    In:
    Yakima Valley
    Car-to-car:
    6 hours 26 minutes
    • 1 hour 11 minutes driving there from Lower Queen Anne to Mount Margaret trail head (past the gate)
    • 2 hours 35 minutes hiking from Mount Margaret trail head to Lake Lillian
    • 1 hour 29 minutes hiking from Lake Lillian to summit of Mount Margaret
    • 57 minutes hiking from summit of Mount Margaret to Mount Margaret trail head
    • 1 hour 30 minutes driving back from Mount Margaret trail head to Lower Queen Anne
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  • Granite Mountain from the Mount Margaret trail
    Granite Mountain from the Mount Margaret trail
  • Mount Margaret from the Mount Margaret trail
    Mount Margaret from the Mount Margaret trail
  • Southwest side of Rampart Ridge SE Peak
    Southwest side of Rampart Ridge SE Peak
  • South sides of Dungeon Peak and Rampart Ridge
    South sides of Dungeon Peak and Rampart Ridge
  • Grasses in ice
    Grasses in ice
  • South side of Dungeon Peak
    South side of Dungeon Peak
  • Chaos, ice, bubbles, and moss
    Chaos, ice, bubbles, and moss
  • Dungeon Peak from Mount Margaret
    Dungeon Peak from Mount Margaret
  • Rampart Ridge SE Peak from Mount Margaret
    Rampart Ridge SE Peak from Mount Margaret
  • SE side of Mount Margaret
    SE side of Mount Margaret

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