Mt Clifty hike on a snowy day

For this hike I drove east on I-90 to exit 62 and headed west on the Stampede Pass Road #54. Drive towards Stampede Pass for 3 miles and turn left (south) on Road 41. Proceed 10 miles and turn right (south) on Road 4110 and drive 10 more miles to the trailhead on the left for the Blazed Ridge Trail #1333.



The trail is "mixed" use and is shared with dirtbikes. It is very easy to see the wear that a trail used by dirtbikes as it was more like a deep "V" than a trail. The first mile or so was up this "great" trail before it levels out more and the trail condition improves.



The trail runs the top of the ridge for another 2 miles or so before connecting with the junction of Manastash Ridge, trail #1388.



The views along the ridge were great!! I could look across the Greek Creek Basin and see North Ridge.



The winds were picking up and a few snowflakes started to fall from the sky.



I made my way up to the summit and climbed the 10 foot summit block.



Winds and snow continued on my entire way back down to the trailhead where I found about 1/2 inch of snow covering my car.





A full set of photos can be found here.
I also made a video from this trip too, that can be found here.