Mt. Pilchuck

6 miles round trip and 2400ft elevation gain. Hiked again on Jul. 23, 05.

Yang Mei and Cheng Fang, both of them graduate students of U. W., joined us (JiaLi, Jing Zhong and I) to hike Mt. Pilchuck.

We gathered at Kenmore P&R around 9:45. Began to hike about 11:30. Whether was much better this time. We had more breaks on the way up to enjoy the views, although they were still elusive.

Around 2:00pm, we reached the peak. It was till very cloudy. One could hardly see the valley. We were prepared to have another disappointment.

During lunch time, cloudy began to fade away. It was absolutely joyful to see snow capped mountains showing up behind cloudy here and there. Around 3:00pm, Olympia Range, Pudget Sound, San Juan Islands were visible in the west. Hikers were taking pictures of Mt. Rainier in the south. In the east, Glacier Peak was very clear. It was one of the best views I ever had in so many hikes. We headed back at 3:20pm. It was a pity that we could not stay longer because I had a party appointment at 7:00pm.