Monte cristo ghost town12/31/2022 ![]() James' friend wanted us to write a haiku for every hike we did.This is mostly an old road, but you soon forget as you realize how high the ridge tops above you are from the valley floor that you are walking in. After the first mile the road crosses the South Fork Sauk River. My RANKING for the hike to Monte Cristo: PRETTY COOL!!! I might want to invest in some bear spray.Ĭhildren accessible: Yes.but I think any child under 10 will get pretty tired ( I did see kids hike and they looked 10ish) My dad pointed out it would be a good idea to let someone know where we were just in case of emergency. Pack less.we didn't need so many diapers and clothes.ģ. Don't try to teach the husband how to drive a standard on the way to the trail.Ģ. Since we were going mainly downhill, it only took 2 hours as opposed to the 3 hours hiking up.ġ. I decided to lay down for a few minutes.did I ever feel stiff when I got back up the tranquility vanished with the realization it was another 4 miles back. There was a sense of peaceful tranquility in the air. I was actually more excited to drink our water than eat. There was once a lodge there to, but apparently it burnt down. But all in all, it was still pretty amazing to find quite a few houses completely in tact. I don't know why I was expecting a town with houses falling apart and a pub with those swinging doors, but I was and for some reason I was surprised to only see a few locked up houses and a train turn-rail. You better know how to squat if you can't hold it! For the guys, you've always had it easy! The second bathroom was full of flies, and apparently people must have done this enough to get a sign put up saying, "Please do not dump your garbage into this toilet." Hmmmm.squatting from now on.Įntering Monte Cristo, we passed another bridge this one wasn't a log :) The view was spectacular! The town itself was unique. James was nice enough to take the backpack and carry Emily :)įor the bathroom users, there are only 2 out-houses on this hike. Once we got to mile 3 of the hike, I kinda gave up on carrying the backpack I felt like my shoulders were going to fall off. James originally told me we were only going up 100 ft, so I was thinking YAY! What an easy start to this hiking thing he wants me to do!!! Nope- he had this hike confused with another, so instead of the wishful 100ft elevation, it was 700 ft. Seeing them made me think, it must be an easy hike right?! We were deceived by the elevation of the hike. The last thing I wanted was to fall into the icy river on the way back to the car.Ĭontinuing on the trail, a bunch of kids and parents passed us.already finishing up their hike we were late starters. When we crossed over the log, all I could think about was how I hoped it wouldn't rain too much because it would get super slippery. We soon found out that the bridge was washed away. We had to cross the river in order to continue our hike. The trail was beautiful: Tall trees, beautiful mountain views, and it followed the Sauk River. Once we finally got to Barlow Pass to start our hike, things were much better! We had food in our bellies and were ready to start. I thought it would be a good idea to try to teach James how to drive a wasn't 3 blocks later, I had to take over.James got in a bad was my fault :-0 (We thought it was perfect weather! Not too hot, not too cold, and a little mist to cool us down!)īackpack included: 5 diapers, wipes, desitin, diaper bags, baby food, baby mum-mum cookies, formula, 2 hand towels, granola bars, apples, 2 bottles of water (that was heavy), and subway sandwiches (didn't have any bread that morning to pack our own). That day it was 18.5 degrees Celsius/65.3 degrees Fahrenheit, and overcast with slight misty rain. The hike is about 8 miles in total and a 700ft climb. But lucky for us, it is still a great place to hike to! Of course they were wrong Monte Cristo's popularity only lasted about 7 years, then it became a tourist attraction.that slowly fading away too. In the 1890's, it was believed that this little mining camp would become the greatest lead-silver district in the Western Hemisphere. ![]() Hike Info: Monte Cristo is located in eastern Snohomish County, in Western Washington. James sparked my interest telling me about this hike because we were going to a ghost town.how cool is that?
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