From Darrington, drive Hwy-530 6.5 miles north to a bridge over the Sauk River. Once over the bridge, stay straight. You are now on FR 26. Drive this road along the Suiattle River for 19 miles to Green Mountain Road (FR-2640), which cuts off to the left and climbs for 5.5 miles to the trailhead. Be sure to check with the Darrington Ranger Station, the Suiattle River road is notorious for washouts and always seems to be in repair.
Green Mountain
Distance: 4 miles
Elevation Gain: 3,000 feet
Summit Elevation: 6,500 feet
Access rating: Level 2
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Green Mountain offers a relatively easy trail hike to a mountain top with outstanding views. Some great peaks are visible from the summit like Snowking, Chaval, White Chuck, Pugh, Glacier and Dome Peaks. Even the mountain lives up to it's name as it is quite green when you reach the open meadows. This is one of those hikes you take out of town visitors on.
Just a trail to follow up to the summit. Starts out in forest but quickly (for the Cascades) seems to break into open meadows. As the pictures show, there is a small lake about half way up. The summit in recent past had a lookout on the top so you'll see a lot of evidence of that.
Access:
Small lake along the trail
Green Mountain trail and summit
Hiking the trail
Hiking the trail
Hiking the trail
Dozer on the summit
Forest fire