Middle Fork Snoqualmie to Necklace Valley traverse

  • Date:
    2015/08/21 to 2015/08/23
    Car-to-car:
    4 days
    Trip type:
    scramble
    USGS quad:
    Mount Daniel
    In:
    Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Middle Fork Snoqualmie Drainage

    • Day 1

  • I took the D line bus to downtown Seattle, bus #554 to the Issaquah P&R, bus #208 to North Bend, walked through North Bend to the Mt Si Road, and hitched a ride to the Mt Teneriffe Trailhead (CCC Trailhead). I started hiking up the CCC Trail from there.
    I took the D line bus to downtown Seattle, bus #554 to the Issaquah P&R, bus #208 to North Bend, walked through North Bend to the Mt Si Road, and hitched a ride to the Mt Teneriffe Trailhead (CCC Trailhead). I started hiking up the CCC Trail from there.
  • The CCC Trail
    The CCC Trail
  • Sub-summits of Middle Mountain.
    Sub-summits of Middle Mountain.
  • The bridge at the Middle Fork Trailhead.
    The bridge at the Middle Fork Trailhead.
  • Mount Garfield over the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River.
    Mount Garfield over the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River.
  • The Middle Fork Trail
    The Middle Fork Trail

    • Day 2

  • Early morning light filtered through the wildfire smoke.
    Early morning light filtered through the wildfire smoke.
  • A warm spring on the Middle Fork Trail. This was inadvertently created in 1967 by a Westland Copper LTD employee while drilling for a core sample.
    A warm spring on the Middle Fork Trail. This was inadvertently created in 1967 by a Westland Copper LTD employee while drilling for a core sample.
  • A shower on the Middle Fork Trail. This was installed by a miner with an unpatented crystal mine nearby.
    A shower on the Middle Fork Trail. This was installed by a miner with an unpatented crystal mine nearby.
  • Summit Chief Mountain over Williams Lake.
    Summit Chief Mountain over Williams Lake.
  • Adit above Williams Lake.
    Adit above Williams Lake.
  • Williams Lake from the adit.
    Williams Lake from the adit.
  • Summit Chief Mountain from the boot path between Williams Lake and Chain Lakes.
    Summit Chief Mountain from the boot path between Williams Lake and Chain Lakes.
  • One of the Chain Lakes with Summit Chief Mountain behind.
    One of the Chain Lakes with Summit Chief Mountain behind.
  • I surprised Lindsay and company by showing up at La Bohn Gap just as they were heading up La Bohn Peak.
    I surprised Lindsay and company by showing up at La Bohn Gap just as they were heading up La Bohn Peak.
  • Mount Hinman
    Mount Hinman
  • Bears Breast Mountain
    Bears Breast Mountain
  • The summit of La Bohn Peak.
    The summit of La Bohn Peak.
  • "The hills are alive..."
    "The hills are alive..."
  • Mount Hinman over La Bohn Lakes.
    Mount Hinman over La Bohn Lakes.
  • Bears Breast Mountain
    Bears Breast Mountain
  • Bald Eagle Peak, Silver Eagle Peak, and Jade Lake point 5,243.
    Bald Eagle Peak, Silver Eagle Peak, and Jade Lake point 5,243.
  • Point 6,844 over one of the La Bohn Lakes.
    Point 6,844 over one of the La Bohn Lakes.
  • Silver Eagle Peak and our camp in a dry tarn.
    Silver Eagle Peak and our camp in a dry tarn.

    • Day 3

  • Bald Eagle Peak, Silver Eagle Peak, and Jade Lake point 5,243.
    Bald Eagle Peak, Silver Eagle Peak, and Jade Lake point 5,243.
  • Otter Point
    Otter Point
  • Summit Chief Mountain, Overcoat Peak, and Chimney Rock.
    Summit Chief Mountain, Overcoat Peak, and Chimney Rock.
  • La Bohn Peak
    La Bohn Peak
  • Bears Breast Mountain from Hinman's SW ridge.
    Bears Breast Mountain from Hinman's SW ridge.
  • Bears Breast Mountain.
    Bears Breast Mountain.
  • Point 7158
    Point 7158
  • La Bohn Gap
    La Bohn Gap
  • Descending to the Necklace Valley.
    Descending to the Necklace Valley.
  • At the head of the Necklace Valley.
    At the head of the Necklace Valley.
  • La Bohn Peak.
    La Bohn Peak.

    • Day 4

  • We got to the car shortly after midnight.
    We got to the car shortly after midnight.
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