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

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

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

Silver Peak via Hyak Flats—Nordic Pass—Windy Acres—Northwest Ridge + Nordic Pass Loop (Iron Horse Mountains, WA)

Silver Peak via Annette Lake—West Slope—South Ridge (Iron Horse Mountains, WA)

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

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

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

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

Mt Catherine Ski Loop via Grand Junction—Rockdale Dip—Windy Pass—Cold Creek (Iron Horse Mountains, WA)

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

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

Keechelus Lake Flats Snowshoe Trek: Hyak to Cold Creek (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 Slope—Cave Ridge (Snoquamlie Range, WA)

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

Hoodoo Pass Loop via Horsehead Pass—Libby-Crater Saddle + 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)