Granite Mountain
Snoqualmie Region
As of May 6, 2026, Granite Mountain's trail is largely snow-free and in excellent condition, though the final push to the lookout can be tricky. Snow is melting rapidly, becoming slushy and mushy, especially after 10 AM. Reports from May 3rd and May 6th suggest some routes avoid snowfields, but navigating snow patches, particularly with dogs, requires care. Trekking poles are recommended.
Concerns exist regarding snow bridges breaking through and potential post-holing into voids with rocks below (May 1st, April 30th, March 2nd). Some suggest microspikes for the final section (May 1st, April 8th), while others found them only somewhat helpful in slush (April 5th). The fire lookout was closed on April 8th. Parking was plentiful on April 8th and abundant on April 30th, though a full lot was reported around 11 AM on April 30th. The trailhead toilet is open but BYOTP.
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The snow is melting quickly. There are routes to avoid the mushy snow, as others have reported, but we chose to stay on the “main trail” because our dogs don’t boulder hop very well.Most of the trail ...
Logged around 9 Miles, ~4000 FT of elevation gain.In accordance with the unusually hot weather for the past couple days, I was coming into this hike with an expectation that the snow at the top might ...
Granite Mountain is a beautiful hike through the trees, over small creeks, ridge hiking with big views, and some scrambling at the end.bccarlsohad a good trip report yesterday and it still applies. I...
Trail snow free until the final ridge push to the fire lookout at approx. 5,240'. Possible to avoid snow entirely with careful boulder scrambling, or follow boot path through snow along ridge (be care...
Got to the trailhead at 9am, 4 other cars were there. The first 3 miles is a normal trail mostly in the shade. On the last mile, you begin walking on the snow. Poles are a necessary and micro spikes c...
It was a slippery, postholey, slush fest today once we hit the upper meadows. We decided to bail pretty soon after that point due to the conditions, but we saw others continue on. Spikes were only som...
The previous trip report was glorious, so I'll only report with minor updates. I think it snowed on Thursday, so snow levels were a bit lower beginning around the first chute. Consequently, there wa...
IssyJill and I had a great trip up Granite Mountain today. We took the regular summer trail up to the pond at 4900'. Then straight up the alternate trail to the SE ridge, to the summit.High clouds tod...
Arrived to a basically full lot an a gorgeous Saturday around 11am. A few blowdowns at the first half of the hike, but they were small and straightforward to get past. There were intermittent snow pat...
Beautiful late afternoon hike up to the summit of Granite Mountain, as I didn't get started until after 2pm. The trail became all snow at around 4000ft, so I put on microspikes as I was slipping a lit...
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