Iron Goat Trail - Winter Route — Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005

Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - West

I drove to the Martin Creek Trailhead at the west end of the Iron Goat Trail looking to snow shoe with my 10 and 13 yr old daughters. The snow started at 2300 ft, shortly before the Iron Goat Trailhead. We tried to drive past the trail head to find deeper snow, but the shallow snow was wet and too slippery for street tires. Snowshoed 2 miles up the road. Snow was 3'+ deep at 3,000 ft. We were passed going up hill by a well mannered jeep, but on the way down was passed by the same snow mobile 6 or 7 times. The snow wasn't deep enough for walking off the road. Although we didn't try it, the west end of the iron goat trail was probably passable (i.e., not much snow in the woods)