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Knife Edge on Old Snowy Mountain, Goat Rocks Wilderness, Washington
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The Knife Edge in Goat Rocks Wilderness is a section of the Pacific Crest Trail that teeters along Old Snowy in Washington’s Goat Rocks. It often gets top billing as the most dangerous stretch of the entire 2,650-mile PCT footpath. Crumbly, volcanic rock and patches of snow makes for sketchy footing.
Start at the Snowgrass trailhead which links the Goat Ridge and Lily Basin Trails for 6 miles to Goat Lake, a turquoise tarn with camping beneath granite cliffs in the shadow of Old Snowy. On the next day summit Old Snowy. From the summit, head north on the hikers-only branch of the PCT: the Knife Edge.
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