Most Iconic Mountain in WA
Comments
-
Mt. St. Helens
When was the last time you rode Galbraith?
-
Mt. Rainier
The year I moved away from Bham, 2016. I became more of a mountain biker down here in Reno though.
-
Mt. Rainier
Yeah, my omission of Mt. Si was that honestly, a lot of people probably don't know what they are looking at, and well, visually, it's not on par. Not that I haven't also taken pictures of it.
Pilchuck is another one that I'd put in honorably mention. Visually its usually grouped with White Horse, and Three Fingers. From a hiking standpoint, other than Rainier, Pilchuck is probably the true GOAT of local day hikes. The summit hike, Lake 22, Pinnacle Lake and Heather Lake are all on one mountain. To be clear, Glacier Peak was an honorable mention, and the fifth highest Bonanza isn't on most peoples radars considering you have to take a boat then go to religion camp just to get to the base. Almost every peak listed is one that anyone who gives a damn will recognize, and are visible from a road. Fun fact I've never been to the top of constitution, nor ever stepped foot on Orcas. Mostly because I'm a poor. Plus there are other drivable lookouts that give one a much of the same view, Mt. Erie near Anacortes gives a pretty nice view of the San Juans, though not as substantial. I've been deep in the Okanogan and nothing really from there or near Spokane in WA seems iconic. Honestly considering Spokane sits at 2000 ft, Mt. Spokane seems like a slightly taller Tiger Mountain.
-
Mt. Rainier
Pilchuck above.
-
Mt. Rainier
You ever climbed South Sister via the Eastern Approach from Green Lakes? Did a 3-night base camp at Upper Green Lake a few years back during the weekdays, summitted via that route. Spectaculur, remote, rugged, fun, probably gets 1% the foot traffic the main trail does, if that. We had the entire mountain to ourselves until it linked with the main trail, and then again on the way down. Would smash again.
-
Mt. Rainier
@huskyhooligan I will push back slightly on comparing Mt. Spokane to Tiger Mountain. Mt. Spokane is 6000 feet and pretty prominent actually, 3500 feet, more than Index even. Tiger is about 1600. Tiger is just a hill relative to its surroundings. Mt. Spokane is far more substantial because of its isolation. 10th most isolated peak in the state. You can see it from everywhere and you can see everywhere from the top. It's a pretty cool place, tons of rec opportunities, road to the top, accessible, close to Spokane, very popular. Spokanians would call it iconic. It's not a particularly photogenic type of mountain relative to the Cascades and Olympics, but it does have some shit going for it. I gotta throw the east an honorable mention bone on my list.
-
Mt. Rainier
Mt Si sucks. Mt Pil @chuck is the GOAT of suburban peaks.
-
Mt. Rainier
No, unfortunately. I don't do much hiking around here to be honest. In the summers when I have me time, it's Mt Bikes, Fishing and Golf.
With the kids we're either on the river or heading to Elk Lake right past the trailhead of said hike.
-
Mt. Rainier
Mt. Si is neat. You don't see many behemoths hovering like that above a town/interstate in WA. It has its place and it's popular. Most of the hike is forest and kinda boring but the Haystack scramble at the top is fun. I like scramblin'. People die up there, there's a little memorial and everything. That's how you know it's decent. It would be in my top 15 list.
-
Mt. Rainier
My hiking and peakbagging game has fallen off recently myself. Mountain biking and disc golf took over. But it'll come around again. Love Central and Eastern O. Endless rec.
