Granite Mountain Hike - 8.6 miles / 3800 ft gain - HARD

Granite Mountain Hike - 8.6 miles / 3800 ft gain - HARD

It's Pacific Northwest summer, and the early bird gets the parking!

This is one of my favorite summer hikes, and the WTA weather link says the high is forecast to be a reasonable 73 degrees.

We'll stop for lunch after.

Gas & NW Forest Pass: $15/person paid to your driver

Granite Mountain
https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/granite-mountain

Length: 8.6 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain: 3,800 feet
Highest Point: 5,629 feet
Difficulty: Hard

Views of Mount Rainier, pointed Kaleetan Peak, deep blue Crystal Lake, the climber-dotted Tooth, the skyline to the south