Iron Horse Mountains Archives - Trip Reports by Jim Brisbine

A mountainous sub-region in the Central Washington Cascades, bounded by South Fork Snoqualmie River (Interstate-90), Lake Keechelus, Stampede Pass, Sunday Creek, Chester Morse Reservoir, and Cedar River. Iron Horse State Park extends along the entire northern margin of this sub-range. Notable landforms include Mt. Washington, McClellan Butte, Silver Peak, Abiel Peak, Tinkham Peak, Mt. Catherine, Roaring Ridge, and Meadow Mountain.

Iron Horse Mountains

Roaring Ridge Ski Loop via High Horse Trail—Palouse-To-Cascades Trail (Iron Horse Mountains, WA)

Nordic Pass Snowshoe Trek + Ski Loop: Hyak Creek to Cold Creek (Iron Horse Mountains, WA)

Windy Pass + Windy Acres Ski Tour via Palouse-To-Cascades Trail—Cold Creek Trail (Iron Horse Mountains, WA)

Tinkham Pass Ski Tour via Cold Creek Valley—Windy Pass (Iron Horse Mountains, WA)

Iron Horse Bike Traverse: North Bend to Easton via Palouse-to-Cascades Trail (Central Cascades, WA)

Mt Catherine Snowshoe Climb via Hyak Lake—Nordic Pass—West Ridge (Iron Horse Mountains, WA)

Snoqualmie Tunnel West Portal + Annette Lake Snowshoe Trek via Humpback Creek (Iron Horse Mountains, WA)

Tinkham Pass Ski Tour via Roaring Creek Valley—Lost Lake—Mirror Lake (Iron Horse Mountains, WA)

Tinkham Peak Summit Loop: Mirror Lake to Windy Pass (Iron Horse Mountains, WA)

Three-Trestle Ski Tour / Snowshoe Trek via Homestead Road—Palouse-to-Cascades Trail (Iron Horse Mountains, WA)

Olallie Knob + Hall Point + Easter Island + Songbird Peak + Greenway Mtn + Machubird Loop (Iron Horse Mountains, WA)

Surveyors Hill Snowshoe Trek / Ski Tour via Hyak Lake—Grand Junction—Surveyors Lake (Iron Horse Mountains, WA)

Ashley Gorge Via Ferrata Climbs: The Outlaw + Abduction + The Pump + The Soup + Toothy Grin (Uinta Range, UT)

Guye Peak: North Summit + Middle Summit + South Summit via Alpental Valley / Commonwealth Valley (Snoqualmie Range, WA)

McAlester–Rainbow Loop via McAlester Pass—Rainbow Creek—Rainbow Pass—Bridge Creek + McAlester Mtn (North Stehekin Mountains, WA)

Hoodoo Pass Loop via Eagle Lakes—Horsehead Pass—Libby-Crater Saddle—Crater Lake + Mt Bigelow + Crater Peak (Sawtooth Mountains, WA)

Amabilis Mtn Bike Loop via Amabilis Beacon + Amabilis Peak (Keechelus Mountains, WA)

Three Fingers Mtn: South Peak / Lookout Via Meadow Mtn—Goat Flats—Tin Can Gap—Southwest Side (West Sauk Mountains, WA)

Defiance Trail Traverse: Thompson Pass to Hemlock Pass via Mason Pass—Pratt Pass + Mt Defiance (Lower Snoqualmie Range, WA)

LaCrosse Pass Loop via Enchanted Valley—O’Neil Pass—Duckabush River—Dosewallips River—Anderson Pass (Olympic Mountains, WA)

Granite Mtn via Hyas Lake—Tuck Lake—Robin Lakes—Northwest Ridge (Upper Icicle Mountains, WA)

Glacier Basin Climbing Reconn: Monte Cristo Peak attempt + Cadet Peak attempt (Monte Cristo Mountains, WA)