"Rhone and I take the Talapus trailhead and summit Pratt Mountain via Olallie Lake, the Pratt Lake trail and Island & Rainbow lakes trail. We descended down the ridge of Pratt Mountain and enjoyed route finding, brush bashing, scrambling, and narrowly avoided getting cliffed out prior to connecting to the main trail. Hiked out in the dark." — markhadland • Jul 6, 2019

"Started at 9:30 am at the Pratt Lake Trailhead on Granite Mountain, got to the summit at 1:45 pm. Cloudy and a little rain, but the snow was compact and easy with boots. Lots of trees down along the entire trail, but most have been sawn through. Deep snow, but not much recently, so it's firmly packed on the trail and the whole forest is covered with tree litter from the wind storms. 3200 ft gain, 11 miles, 8 hours." — markgarrett • Feb 10, 2016

"Weather looked good so we headed out for a pleasant pre-Christmas snow scramble to Pratt. Friends had gone on Saturday and we were hoping to use their steps as the snow was deep and fluffy. We took the Pratt Lake trail overlooking Ollallie Lake and cut up to the ridge, which we followed to the summit. Sun most of the day, low wind. We planned to make a loop and return on the Talapus trail but figured the windblown snow might be a bit icy so we returned the way we came. About 8 hrs RT." — diana • Dec 24, 2012

"Pratt Mountain was a hastily cobbled together plan C after the failures of plans A & B. I started from the Talapus Lake TH and hiked the Talapus Lake trail past Talapus Lake. The trail is snow free until shortly before creek crossing, close to the lake. The lake is almost completely thawed out. There is a fair amount of bare ground near the lake, but also plenty of snow. I continued up toward Olallie lake, soon loosing the trail under the snow. About half way to Olallie, I angled left and ascended the ridge toward Pratt Mountain. The ridge was mostly snow covered. The ridge wasn't too steep, and the snow conditions were good, but it was in a cloud. At the top of the ridge I picked up a trail boot trail in the snow that led to the Pratt summit. There is one or two places that require some caution, but it wasn't too bad. Ice axe is useful, but not absolutely required. The summit was clouded over. On occasion, a break in the clouds revealed a small bit of one of the surrounding mountains, but quickly vanished. I went back the same way. The snow was just right. Firm enough that snow shoes were not needed, and soft enough that I didn't bother putting on the microspikes. Ice axe..." — MangyMarmot • Jun 10, 2012

"I turned around a few hundred feet down rd 9030 at a washout that was likely the first of many, and headed to exit 47 to the Granite Mountain Trailhead. Snow appeared on the sides of the trail just past the turnoff toward Pratt Lake, but I made it another 2 miles or so before strapping on some microspikes and pulling out the trekking poles. There was about 2 inches of new snow over well-packed snowshoe tracks. About 3/4 of the way around Olallie Lake two pairs of boots headed up to the SW ridge of Pratt, and continued along the ridge clear to the summit. At the top I met the owners of the tracks I followed, after thanking them for kicking in steps for me, they headed down and I enjoyed a foggy summit with Maverick. The cloud ceiling rested a few hundred feet above us, and lifted slightly as we rested. It was surprisingly warm with little to no wind. Snowshoes are not necessary, though a few folks seemed to be satisfied using them. A fairly easy hike other than one 3 foot step down into a creek crossing that might prove a little tricky to those with shorter legs. Car to car in 5 hours flat." — Jeb • Jan 7, 2012