HIKING / BACKPACKING

Distance: 8 miles round trip Hiking Time: 6 hours High Point- 5353

Elevation Gain: 3250

Maps: USGS Mount Phelps, Grotto Greentrails - Bandera #206

Bare Mountain provides an opportunity for fantastic views from Mt. Baker to Mount Rainier and West to the Olympics. A fire lookout once stood atop the mountain, but all that remains is some glass, broken cables and a panoramic view.

Directions: Take 1-90 to North Bend and exit at exit #31. Go into town and turn right on Main Street for 2 blocks and turn left (north) onto Ballaratt Street, which leads into North Fork Country Road. In 4 miles is a Y, take the left. In 7.5 miles pass the Lake Hancock junction. In 9.5 miles, enter national forest and proceed on what is now Lennox Creek Road #57 which is the right Y. in 2 miles lies the trailhead on the left marked "Bare Mountain Trail No. 1037.