Way Creek, Jungle Creek — Saturday, Jun. 21, 2008

Snoqualmie Region > Salmon La Sac/Teanaway

We did a loop hike utilizing the Jungle Creek and Way Creek trails, in the sunny Teanaway River region. The Jungle Creek Trail is in fine shape, although steep and narrow in places. It follows a lovely valley with a small but lively creek. With all of the snow this winter, everything is lush and green, with marvelous wildflowers blooming everywere. At the top of the ridge, we veered left onto the Way Creek Trail, which traverses steeps slopes to a junction with the Koppen Mountain Trail. Good views and a few snow patches in this section. Continued hiking the Way Creek Trail, which traverses around to the south side of Johnson Peak, where there are more views and wildflowers galore. The trail eventually turns into an eroded jeep trail that plunges a thousand feet to the Way Creek saddle and trailhead parking lot. From there, we walked the forest road 1.5 miles back to the Jungle Ck Trailhead. The loop hike totaled 8 miles and 2800' of gain. All of these trails are open to motorcycles, but use is light. The trails are dry and in good condition, excepting some sections of slumped and narrow tread.