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5.5 miles of hiking • 1250' elevation gain •

Windy with knee deep snow at the top.

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Woodswalker
January 3, 2016

Must have been beautiful. How were the roads going in?

Jim
January 3, 2016

Covered in ice until to reach the unpaved section at the prison. There were tons of people in all sorts of vehicles out there sled riding though...kinda surprised me with the main road from Hockinson as treacherous as it was.

Woodswalker
January 3, 2016

Thanks! Sounds like a great day!

Karl
January 7, 2016

Wow! To hit Larch in that distance, you must've started at Grouse Vista? I wouldn't have thought that accessible. And you came in from the north?

Jim
January 8, 2016

I came in from the west just for that reason. The DNR has reworked a bunch of trails in there and to be honest, the trail names are a it confusing. If anyone's interested, I found a mountain biking map that appears to be current. I'll add it as a pic. The trail I came up is referred to as "Murphys grade" on the map.

Karl
January 9, 2016

Interesting! I'll have to check that out. Looks like a good way to get up there.