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My brother and I decided to spend the day peak bagging some random peaks we hadn't visited around the Snoqualmie Pass area. We picked peaks we could drive most of the way up on forest roads before hiking, scrambling, or bushwacking the rest of the way to the top.

The first "peak" we stopped at was The Summit at Snoqualmie. We drove most of the way up on a gravel road and parked where it got steep and rocky. From there it was another quarter mile or so on the road with a few hundred feet of elevation. From the end of the road it was a short bushwack to the top, which was surrounded by trees.

Our next destination was Ski Acres Hill, but we first made a detour to Mount Hyak on the way up. We parked near the Grand Junction and hiked a quarter mile or so to the top of Mount Hyak and then continued along the forest road toward Ski Acres Hill. We parked a few hundred feet from the top at the bottom of an old spur road. We hiked the road up to the top of the ridge and then bushwacked a quarter mile or so to the top from there. There are actually pretty good views of the surrounding peaks from Mount Hyak, but the summit of Ski Acres Hill is in the trees.

The next stop was Snowshed Head also known as Snowshed Butte. We parked near Resort Creek Pond and then bushwacked and scrambled about a quarter mile up the side of the ridge. Once we were on top of the ridge we followed an old road along the ridge to the summit. We passed a box of explosives, a small tower, and a platform built against some trees while we hiked along the ridge. There were good views of Lake Keechelus and the surrounding peaks from the top.

Our final destination for the day was Loser Ridge. We took forest roads up, up, and up until to our surprise we actually made it to the summit. This was the best peak of the day with a clear 360 degree view from the top and a great vantage point of Lost Lake.

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