Snowshoeing Mt. Spokane

Maps, Photos, Directions, and Trail information is below
On January 20^th 2008 a group of us went up to Mt. Spokane to go snowshoeing. We started on the Mt. Kit Carson trail (road) and then quickly switched to trail #100. At first I was a bit concerned, the trail was a bit steep and we had three children with us, the youngest being eight years old. Although we ended up taking quite a few breaks it turned out great. The trail was not crowded (unlike Kit Carson) yet the trail was well established. Most of the time we were in the trees with the occasional view of the sky however, there were a few places that had great views of the valley below. It was so nice to get away from the winter grey of Vancouver and see some clear blue skies. Just being out in the clear weather made it worth the cold temperatures (14° F), what a great way to spend the day; great friends, great weather, and a great trail, couldn’t have asked for a better way to spend a winter Sunday.

After about a mile the children were getting tired and wanted to go back. We convinced them go along a bit further so we could reach a 1000 ft elevation gain. At 1.2 miles my Garmin GPS said that we had climbed 1034 ft, so we turned around and went back. I was dissapointed when I downloaded the GPS data and saw that we had only climbed 744 ft, but what can you do. It would be nice to go back and do the trail again.

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Trail Details
Length: ~1.2miles (each way) This is not the entire trail, just where we turned around.
Elevation Change: 744 ft.

Maps
Google Earth File
Google Maps

Photos
Click here to see the photo gallery

Other Sources
http://www.mountspokane.org/
http://www.mountspokane.org/Maps/SnowshoeTrailMap.pdf

Getting There
From Spokane head North on Highway 2, turn right on Highway 206 and follow 206 to the snow parks, and here is the map.