Route: Quartz Mountain (Middle fork Snoqualmie)

Mountain Information:

• Name: Quartz Mountain
• Region:  Central Cascades (Middle fork Snoqualmie)
• Summit Elevation: 4641 ft / 1415 m
• SummitPost Link: http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/655314
• Peakbagger Link: http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2073
• WTA Link:  http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/quartz-mountain

Driving Directions:

• Trailhead:  No offical Trailhead. Park at the beginning of the CCC trail
• Co-ordinates: 47°32'14", -121°34'32"

• Address: NF-5600, North Bend, WA 98045

• Elevation:   about 1000ft
• Pass:  Northwest Forest Pass
• Directions: From Interstate 90 take Exit 34, turn left under the freeway, pass Seattle East Auto Truck Plaza, turn right on Middle Fork Road, and drive about 9 miles and park off to the road just after a rocky outcropping. Anywhere in the next mile is fine as well. If you hit the Middle Fork Trailhead, you went too far. Another starting point is at Road 120, at 9.8 miles. Drive in on this road as far as you can, then walk it, eventually hitting the old CCC road (now trail).

Route Information: SW Ridge

• Gain: 3850ft
• Round Trip:  6.8 miles
• Difficulty: Winter Scramble
• Season: Winter and Spring
• Source: http://nwoutdoorgrrl.com/2012/04/16/quartz-mountain/
• Existing tracks: No gpx file, but a route picture is available here: http://nwoutdoorgrrl.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Quartz-route.jpg
• Related Trip Report: http://www.peakbagger.com/climber/ascent.aspx?aid=236478
• Caltopo Route: http://caltopo.com/m/M80T

Misc 

• Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSoEO69rxq4
• Other Links:  
• Another trip report
• Flick photos from dicey1 on March 19, 2010
• Notes: a gully route on 03/19/10 with a track 
• Topo maps: printouts