Route: Green Mountain (North Snoqualmie)

Mountain Information:

• Name: Green Mountain
• Region:  North Bend, Snoqualmie
• Summit Elevation: 4828ft / 1471m 
• SummitPost Link: 
• Peakbagger Link: http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2084
• WTA Link: http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/green-mountain-3

Driving Directions:

There are 3 different ways to get to the Green Mountain road trail. I chose the shortest and most scenic route along the Sitka Spruce trail.

• Directions: I-90/SE Middle Fork Road
• #1 I-90 Exit 34 (created 2016/06/10, followed by winter WTA), 
• GPS: 47.4957, -121.6397
• The road from I-90 has you pass the popular Mailbox trailhead on SE Middle Fork Road that turns to NF-5600. As you drive past Mailbox trail for another 2.5-3 miles, you will hit the a concrete bridge over the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River. User "Ellisa" has great details below in their trip report. I copied their link as it sounds very helpful since we utilized the NF-9010 aka CCC Road. http://tmber.com/routes/wa/green-mountain-snoqualmie 
• Round Trip ~ 8.8 miles, 4000 ft
• #2 I-90 Exit 34 (winter 2010/02/07) [route only referred in one summitpost]
• GPS: 47.5161, -121.6129
  
• From end of exit ramp make a left and driver 0.6 miles to the Middle Fork Road intersection. Make a right onto the Middle Fork Road (National Forest Development Road 5600, FR-5600) and continue for approximately 5.1 miles where there is a bridge crossing over the river. To the right is a full on view of Russian Butte. From the bridge it’s another 2.0 miles to the logging road on the left where the route starts. This will be gated so you need to park where you can and hike in from here. Refer to the topo below in conjunction with the text.
• Car to Summit ~ 6.6 miles, 3,803 ft
  Round Trip ~ 13.2 miles, 10 hours  
• #3 I-90 Exit 32.
•  I-90 to exit 32; left across freeway to stop sign; left on "old highway"; right on Mt Si Rd; follow to pavement end; continue for about 1 mile to blue DNR gate.
• (alternative description from wta 2016/06) #1: Take the I-90 Exit 32. The road from I-90 has you pass the popular Mount Si and Mount Teneriffe trailheads where the paved road turns to gravel. You drive until you hit NF 9010-1 aka CCC Road and are stopped by the DNR 902 blue gate.

Route Information: (Choose the easiest one or the winter route if there are multiple routes)

• Gain: 4000 ft.
• Highest Point: 4828 ft.
• Round Trip:  8.8 miles
• Difficulty: Hiking, snowshoeing
• Season: Winter
• Source: http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/trip-reports/trip_report.2014-12-07.7137617920
• Existing map: http://midforkrocks.com/area/green-mountain/
• Existing tracks: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2sGIDMgpw-TcUdRaU9qcTQzSFE/view
• Route 1 winter route, commonly used (Source: http://www.willhiteweb.com/washington/green_mountain/north_bend_hiking_390.htm, similar as described in wta)
• Route 2 winter route, less used (Source: http://www.summitpost.org/green-mountain/595156 )

• Caltopo Route: https://caltopo.com/m/U0E8#

Misc 

• Other Links: 
• Summitpost winter 2010
• WTA report 2014-12-07 (with kmz map, confirms with caltopo map)
• WTA report 2016-12-24 
• WTA report 2016-06-12
• tmber report (no date) with detailed route descriptions
• willhite web with GPS map 
• nwhikers report 2009-01-17, 2008-01-20  
• Notes: 
• No parking permits required. No water, no toilets. Trekking poles are a must (especially in early summer). Bring layers as you'll be gaining nearly 4,000 feet of elevation and be very exposed to weather on the final mile. We'd advise you steer clear in the rain as the final approach and scramble would be unsafe. And as we said earlier, this trail should only be attempted by serious hikers with route-finding skills.
• Trail difficult/impossible to navigate
• Gears/tracking devices required
• Microspikes & Ice axes used on 2016/04
• Bear siting reported on 2016/12

• Topo maps: https://caltopo.com/m/U0E8#