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These maps have been created over the years to capture local knowledge that was not available in government or commercial maps. Click on a map for a high resolution image.

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Troop 65 Boy Scout trips to Rainier by C. E. Schurman

In The Challenge of Rainier, Dee Molenaar says

Clark Schurman served as chief guide from 1939 through 1942. A widower most of his life, Schurman
devoted his abundant energy and talent to Scout activities and to developing mountaineering
techniques and a philosophy oriented to safety

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1949 Mountaineers Summer Outing map

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The 1949 summer outing began with a camp at the Trinity Mine in the upper Chiwawa River valley. From there camps were made at Buck Creek Pass, Image Lake, and Lyman Lake. At that time there was no trail over Spider Gap so the group split with the "backtrackers" heading back over Buck Creek Pass with the pack animals and the "backpackers" continuing on to Spider Meadows and a camp at Leroy Creek.

Climbing activities included Glacier Peak, a spectacular rock climb of Sitting Bull, and a beautiful day on Chiwawa Mountain.

A humorous "Report to the Sock Holders" by Ellen Wash can be found in the 1949 Mountaineers Annual.

1952 Snoqualmie Pass Map

Snoqualmie Pass Region showing trails & routes for "valley pounder" & "peak bagger" by H. R. Morgan, July 1952

Some notable features on this map:

  1. New location of the Mountaineers lodge
  2. Sunset Highway shown, predating I-90
  3. The railroad line and stations are still shown
  4. LeanTo at Camp Lookout on the Pratt Lake trail
  5. No logging roads shown in the South Fork valley or around Mt Margaret
  6. A trail goes past Kaleetan Lake and over the ridge to near Lake Caroline
  7. Rock Creek and Goat Creek trails are shown with equal prominence
  8. Lots of trails are shown in the Gold Creek valley most of which are now overgrown
  9. Pratt Valley trail connects to the lake, now badly overgrown
  10. Mineral Mountain was still in transition to being called it's current name of Three Queens
  11. Snow Lake trail route still goes by Source Lake

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1959 Washington Mountain Maps by Pete Steele, Big Snow Quad. 


1960 Washington Mountain Maps by Pete Steele, Mt Daniel Quad.

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