08-10-14 - Teanaway, WA - USA

Went for an overnight ride to Gallagher Head Lake in Teanaway, WA with my friend Lenny on his KTM 350EXC-F and on my FE390.

http://youtu.be/xvC4aFtEH3E

Going up Hex Mountain


Hex Mountain. You can see some smoke in the distance from wildfires, and Mt Rainier just barely in the distance.


Did a little mine exploring as well.. the area is rich in mining history from a century ago.








We were trying to find an old abandoned trail around the south upper flank of the mountain, but after getting to this point the trail petered out into a game trail littered with blowdowns.




Watching the sunset from Hawkins Mountain


So we rode through the night to Gallagher Head Lake on the main trail.


Night shot of Gallagher Lake




After breakfast we rode to Middle Fork of the Teanaway River.




smoke started to blow in from forest fires burning south of this area.


We encountered countless blowdowns..


We cleared most of them.. this one was fun to push down the bank




letting the hikers know who does the work around here. Shortly after this point we both grew hot and tired, so we decided to turn and head up to Jolly Mountain

The switchbacks up the last part of Jolly Creek are difficult with a loaded saddlebag and saw on the bike.










Took a break to enjoy the view


Mt Stuart in the background


Gallagher Head Lake is two ridges over


We dropped our saddlebags for a quick jaunt up to the old lookout site on Jolly. We were going to ride down to Yellow Hill but it was getting too late. Next time!

Absolutely EPIC! Made my day! Thank you!

Amazing shots!

Wow, great report and some awesome photos! What elevation do some of those peaks take you to?

?? how did I miss these ??

Well Tourist,
i just can't look at it anymore, that beautiful it is:cry:

Grtz Rens

:rock:
That is some truly awesome scenery, and a two day ride as a bonus ! Thanks for sharing.

Great photos n16ht5, thanks for sharing.
Davo