WA Silver Peak

Destination: Silver Peak, Cascades, WA

Style: Hiking (Moderate)

Entered: 9/5/2003

Report: Silver Peak is a moderate hike around Snoqualamie Pass.  Stig and I left the car at 4200' at 3:45pm and made the summit at 5600'  by 5:30pm.  We think it is probably around 4-5 miles round trip.  To get there drive I90 to exit 54.  Take a right, then go straight into the parking lot.  Drive through the parking lot finding an obscure road to your left.  Follow this road to the waste water treatment plant and follow the dirt next to it.  At 2.5 miles there's the trail head for an 8 mile loop.  We went another 2 miles to the Pacific Crest Trail and started there (go south on the PCT).  The first mile and half are an easy walk through nice forest.  You'll come to a very small pond and a carn eventually and here you go right to go up the peak or straight to continue on to Mirror Pound.  The next 1/2 mile is steep and the last 1/2 mile is very rough over steep rocks.