Gold Creek Trail to Alaska Lake, Rampart Ridge - Rampart Lakes — Saturday, May. 22, 1999

Snoqualmie Region > Snoqualmie Pass

Parked just off of the I-90 frontage road at the east edge of Gold Creek and encountered snow from the car. Approximately 2 to 3 feet of snow in the valley bottom. The snow was soft but snowshoes were not needed. We followed old tracks (boot, snowshoe and ski) along the route parallel to Gold Creek. At approximately 3.5 miles we started up the drainage coming from below the divide between Alta Mt. and Rampart Ridge. The route is mostly in the trees and the snow surface was good for step kicking. On our return on the steep slope right before the top we started some surface sluffs but nothing significant. Round trip to Rampart Ridge via Gold Creek is approximately 10 miles and 2500'.