Route: Preacher Mountain (Middle fork Snoqualmie)

Mountain Information:

• Name: Preacher Mountain
• Region:  Central Cascades (Middle fork Snoqualmie)
• Summit Elevation: 5924 ft / 1806 m
• SummitPost Link: http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/336726
• Peakbagger Link: http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2090
• WTA Link:  
• http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/preacher-mountain
• https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/rainy-lake-1

Driving Directions:

• Trailhead:  Middle Fork trailhead
• Co-ordinates: 47.547879, -121.536590
• Address: NFD 5600 Road, North Bend, WA 98045
• Elevation:   930 ft
• Pass:  Northwest Forest Pass
• Directions: "From Seattle, drive east on I-90 to exit 34 (Edgewick Road). Turn left (north) onto 468th Street and follow it to the junction with the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road (Forest Road 56). Turn right and continue up the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Road for 11.8 miles to the Middle Fork trailhead parking area on the right."
• I-90 Road Condition:   
• wsdot.com 
• Weather forecast
• Mountain Forecast
• National Weather Service
• Avalanche danger forecast:  
• Northwest Avalanche Center

Route Information: NW ridge

• Gain: 5,200 ft
• Round Trip:  12 miles
• Difficulty: Winter Scramble
• Season: Spring, Summer, Fall
• Source: http://www.willhiteweb.com/alpine_lakes_wilderness/preacher_mountain/snoqualmie_218.htm
• Existing tracks:  
• Gaia GPS track 2017-04-09
• Peakbagger 2017-04-09
• Related Trip Report: https://www.mountaineers.org/explore/trip-reports/winter-scramble-preacher-mountain
• Caltopo Route: http://caltopo.com/m/BQC2

Misc 

• Videos: 
• Backpacking Washington - Preacher Mountain 1: Rainy Lake
• Backpacking Washington - Preacher Mountain 2: Upper Rainy
• Backpacking Washington - Preacher Mountain 3: Summit Day
• 04-17-2012 Preacher Mt
• Other Links: 
• Preacher Mountain Beta
• Yellowleaf trip report 2004-08-15
• WTA trip report 2016-11-12
• nwhikers.net trip report 2014-04-14
• nwhikers.net trip report 2017-03-31
• mountaineers trip report 2017-04-09
• Notes: 
• SummitPost: "About 12-13 mi, 5200' feet of gain. It took us about 6.5 hrs to the summit, one hr on the summit, and five hrs down."
• 2017-04-09 trip report: "At around 4800' we left the ridge and started heading southerly to the tarn at 5200'. Took another 10 minute break here.  Headed toward the NW ridge of Preacher, until it met the north ridge.  Massive cornices on the north ridge that we stayed below.  Reached the summit 3 hours from Rainy Lake."
  
• There is a planned trip from mountaineers on May 7, "Expect a 12hr trip. Snowshoes required" 
• nwhikers.net report 2013-05-11: claimed to be the correct route to Preacher Mountain.  
• Topo maps: calTopo map.