Beautiful sunny day, we hiked up to Kendall Knob (trailhead is across I-90 from Hyak at Snoqualmie Pass). This is a 7.8 mile round trip with 1,700 ft of gain. The main route was well packed, and we did not need to use our snowshoes.
We started early as the trailhead gets packed on a weekend.
View seen when crossing the bridge near the trailhead.
The route is a closed forest service road and is mostly forested. There were some breaks in the trees where we had nice views.
Looking toward Snoqualmie West
We found a short side trail where someone had left their snow cave in place.
Beautiful views, here looking towards Kendall Peaks
Happy to see the sun rise above the mountains as it was 9F when we started hiking.
Trail is well packed down if you stayed on the main route. Going of the packed trail, we sunk in the snow over our knees.
As the trail gains elevation, we began to see Mt Rainier over the ridges at the ski area.
Pano from Kendall Knob: Rampart Ridge, Gold Creek Pond, Keechelus Lake, Mt Rainier.
We had Kendall Knob to ourselves for the majority of the time, taking a prolonged lunch break here.
another view of Kendall Peaks, we opted not to hike out to Kendall Peak Lakes today
As we returned down the trail, we could see 5 hikers high up on the snowfield of one of the peaks
some old pinwheels along the way
We found a short side trail where someone had left their snow cave in place.
As we returned down the trail, we could see 5 hikers high up on the snowfield of one of the peaks
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