ZERO TO SNOQUALAMIE PASS
PCT Day 12. Monday July 25, 2022
Mile 2296 + 0 miles today
Total Distance Hiked: 198 miles /318.5 kilometres
Hotel Maison was lovely, especially the room service breakfast. We liked it so much we were going to stay another night. The building had such an interesting history having been built as a Masonic Lodge.




Our plan soon had to change as surprisingly they had no vacancies at all for Monday night. Their sister hotel across the street, the Hilton Garden Inn was also fully booked. So our next option is to get to Snoqualamie Pass and take a break there before hiking the next section to Stevens Pass.
A little disappointed we spent a couple of hours of internet searches and we were booked on two busses: the first a commuter bus from Yakima to Ellensburgh and the a BelAir airport transporter from Ellensburgh to Cle Elum. From there we have to hitch to Snoqualamie Pass. Sometimes it is easier to walk the trail.


It all worked like clockwork. We were dropped off by the BelAir transporter in Cle Elum at a gas station just off the I-90 on-ramp at 4pm. We didn’t have to stand in the heat of the day for too long. The third car coming out of the service station offered us a ride to Snoqualamie Pass.
Kevin who gave a ride is a musician, playing a mandolin in a blue grass band. He was on his way to band practice. He was a great conversationalist and had some interesting stories from his day job, making high quality microphones. Always feel so humbled and undeserving of such generosity from strangers.

He dropped us off at the Summit Inn at Snoqualamie Pass. We were disappointed to see the Advaark Food Truck has disappeared from the carpark in front. It was such a great focal point for hikers coming through who are not staying at the Inn. The Inn has not changed at all since 2016 when Hammer stayed here. Well past its prime, with inadequate and unreliable airconditioning. As it is so hot outside with more extreme temperature days predicted we would be better off on trail. So we will head off to Stevens Pass tomorrow. Extreme heat warnings for the rest of the week.

Oof! That is even hotter than it is here, and that is saying something. Yikes.
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What an odyssey, but thanks to kind people you’ve survived. It’s just hard to believe these temperatures.
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Crazy weather on the other spectrum if what we had at home. I did wish for a bit of warm weather 😏
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I remember Sniqualamie being hit when I hiked through here in 2017 but not for such a prolonged period. It feels strange to be baking from above while walking on snow.
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wow – hope you’ll manage with the heat! We could use some of that here (says she in sunny, but cold Sydney who has a hot water bottle on her lap :-))!
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I saw the plummeting temps at home. It really has been extreme. The linger snow has been wonderful for cooling off. We’ve been filling out caps with snow to cool our heads.
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Hi Corky and Hammer, it is so good to remember this Washington part of the PCT through your good comments and nice pictures. 😉
All the best, take care and drink a lot 😉
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Hammer has been mentioning all the locations he bumped into you in the rain on this section. Glad you are enjoying the pictures.
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Wow, that is hot mate – hope you have plenty of water – probably means the “little blood suckers” will still be buzzing around – cheers M 🌻
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Blood suckers are the price for being able to see the soring wildflowers .
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Love following your Adventure. Had a hard time breaking away from the vortex at the Dru-Bru across the highway in 2018.
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