I hiked up to Songbird Peak today with Carl. What a great hike! The weather was perfect, although towards the end it was a bit warm. Summer is coming.
We hiked up the Mount Washington main trail to the Great Wall connector trail. From there we went to the new bike trail, which was mostly deep, semi-slushy snow, and then to the Great Wall which did have a couple of snowy sections but overall was not too bad.
We skipped Change Peak and Mount Washington and headed straight to Songbird.
Plenty of things to see along the way, including a great view of Rainier:
Here is what the snow looked like:
13.17 miles, 4,410 feet of elevation gain, per the Garmin (seems a little high to me). About 7 hours total – not bad, we spent about 30 minutes on Songbird to have some snacks, catch our breath, and marvel at the view. It is almost 360 degrees and wherever you look it is nothing but mountains and trees.
Marvelous!