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Larch Mountain from Grouse Vista TrailVolcano, WA
Volcano, WA
Run/Jog avatar Jun 06 2017
keepmovingTriplogs 592
Run/Jog4.68 Miles 1,175 AEG
Run/Jog4.68 Miles   1 Hour   41 Mns   52 Secs2.76 mph
1,175 ft AEG8 LBS Pack
 
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After laying down and re-hydrating in the parking lot after Silver Star, I decided it was time to visit Larch Mountain. This isn't much of a destination hike, so I figured I would knock it out since I was in the area. It's relatively short, and both the other guys I had spoken to in the lot had worked their way down Larch Mtn today and failed to find the summit, so I figured one of the 3 of us should successfully make it. The older gentleman even gave me a paper trail map he had used to aid in my journey.

By the time I started up the trail it was probably about 7pm and much cooler than when I had started up Silver Star a couple hours earlier. The sun was low in the west and the trail here it much more heavily forested. I didn't have any navigational issues like the other 2 men in the parking lot had described. Things were pretty straight forward.

After enjoying the not so scenic view of radio towers at the top, I looped back by following a forest road I had noticed on my GPS on the way up. It was a little steeper than the main trail, but it saved me a little extra mileage which was nice. Overall not a bad trail, I actually may have enjoyed it more than Silver Star because I didn't have any real expectations for it.
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average hiking speed 2.76 mph

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