14th
April
2007
Hiking Icicle Ridge
posted in Hiking |Today we hiked up Icicle ridge in the Alpine lakes region of Washington state right near Leavenworth, WA. Icicle canyon is a great area with tons of different hikes but many of them start out at higher elevations and are still fairly snow-bound this early in the year. However it is possible to start at the base of the ridge and that area is already mostly snow-free.
You start up a set of switchbacks. These looked a bit daunting on the map, but turned out to be less steep than Tiger Mountain or Mount Si. The trail was quite nice going in between some wooded areas and more open areas with good views. The whole thing would be about 9 miles and 4000ft gain to the next intersection but we only made it about 1/3 of the way in.