So today we were off to Granite Mountain off of I-90. It is an 8.6 mile round trip hike with about 4000 feet of elevation gain when you follow the trail. In the winter - or mid July some times - the trail gets covered by snow at some point and you take the "Winter" route which just means you cut out the switchback and go straight for the fire lookout. That was our plan when we hit snow at 3.2 miles into the hike.
It sounds kind of weak now, but we followed the snow up for about 1/2 mile before Pam had seen enough walking along corniced snow - in some places you had to take 3-5 steps on snow no wider than 18 inches with a large dropoff to the right and boulders of granite to the left. We bailed at an enticingly close 1/3 mile to the lookout and opted to live to hike again.Here are a couple of shots from near the top.
As usual on a hike we met a new friend as well.
So as we were driving home from the ferry yesterday I noticed that Massimo's had a message on their reader board that they would open today. As we were driving home from Granite Mountain we had that hungry conversation about what we would eat when we got home and showered. A natural was the grilled chicken wraps I had made for lunch that neither of us remembered to grab today, but Italian food won out and we went to Massimo's. For those of you who don't know, they opened up where Captain Nemo's was on Bridgeport in Tacoma. The food was fantastic! And that's not just the hike talking! Pam had a chicken dish that had a Lemon and rosemary sauce, and I had Halibut on a Puttanesca sauce! Just go there. The food is really great.
I'm tired so that's all for now.
More soon.......
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