Sourdough Mountain

Mountain Information:

• Name: Sourdough Mountain
• Region:  North Cascades
• Summit Elevation: 6111 ft / 1862 m
• SummitPost Link: 
• http://www.summitpost.org/sourdough-mountain/152814
• Peakbagger Link: 
• http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=1661
• WTA Link:  
• http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/sourdough-mountain
• Mountaineers Link:
• https://www.mountaineers.org/explore/routes-places/sourdough-mtn-pk-6308-winter

Driving Directions:

• Co-ordinates: 48.749747, -121.126012 (Dec Deg)
• Trailhead: From Marblemount, drive SR 20 east for 20 miles. Turn left on Diablo Road and proceed 0.7 mile. Cross the Stetattle Creek bridge, bear right and reach the trailhead in 0.25 mile. 

Brief description： I405 - I5 (Exit 208) – 530 (Rockport) – 20 (39 mi keep left to Diablo St)

• driving direction: The trailhead is in the village of Diablo, at the foot of Diablo Dam, just off the North Cascades highway, elevation 800'.
• Elevation: 900 ft
• Pass: None
• Here is a drive direction from google map.
• Road condition
• http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/passes/northcascades
• Weather forecast
• Mountain Forecast
• National Weather Service
• Avalanche danger forecast:  
• Northwest Avalanche Center
• Snow report
• NOHRSC

Misc

• Gain: 5500 ft
• Round Trip:  8-10.4 miles
• Difficulty: Winter Scramble
• Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
• Existing tracks:  
• gaia summer route
• Related Trip Report:
• 2012-09-06, summer route http://www.oregonhikers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=13266&view=previous
• 2014-08-17, summer route to lookout route http://www.peakbagger.com/climber/ascent.aspx?aid=468300
• 2012-02, a summer & autumn comparison (very good) http://www.summitpost.org/a-winter-and-an-autumn-visit-to-sourdough-mountain-lookout/775005
• 2013-03-29, overnight snowshoe http://www.summitpost.org/sourdough-mountain-stetattle-ridge-overnight-snowshoe/844493
• 2014-07-13 http://www.summitpost.org/sourdough-mountain/152814
• Caltopo Route: http://caltopo.com/m/97E2

Activity Update

• Total distance: 10miles
• Average speed: 1mph
• Average moving speed: 1.4mph
• Total hours (parking lot to parking lot): 10hr 20min, 5hr ascending, 1hr on summit
• Total moving hours: 7hr 8min