Mount Amabilis Snowshoe

We drove over to the Cabin Creek Nordic Ski Area to snowshoe up to Mount Amabilis,  we took another route down to make a lollipop loop, 11 miles with 2,090' of gain.
We were respectful of the groomed trails and stayed off to the far side of the groomed ski tracks.

The majority of this trail is on closed forest roads, mostly in the trees.
This was one of the widest pinwheels I have seen (about 12'' across)

As we went up the higher sections, we began to see Mt Rainier to the south,

zoom of Rainier

View of the peaks at Rampart Ridge and the far end of Kachess Lake from a viewpoint near the top.

Near the top, we left the groomed trail broke trail to the summit.

We had to be careful of the cornices on the summit, cornices framing Kachess Lake

View from the top of Mount Amabilis to the northwest












pano to the north from atop Mount Amabilis

To the south Mount Rainier













Back on the groomed trail, this viewpoint is near where the groomer turns around.

View from the end of the groomed trail

We went cross country to connect with another closed road that would eventually join the route we came up on.

There was a nice open area with a view toward Keechelus Lake and Snoqualmie Pass area.




















photo showing the route we took today