Adventure & Outdoors
Scramble to Goat Mountain Above Grouse
Take the gondola up, hike to the scramble, grab each other's hands on the ropes, and earn that big flat summit.
Grouse Mountain alpine, top of Nancy Greene Way
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Take the gondola up, hike to the scramble, grab each other's hands on the ropes, and earn that big flat summit.
Grouse Mountain alpine, top of Nancy Greene Way
More infoGoat Mountain is the move when you want to look like you've summited something wild without climbing the North Shore from scratch. Ride the Grouse gondola up, then follow the backcountry trail past alpine ponds, about 7 km return with 370 m of gain. It stays reasonable until fixed ropes and chains appear near the top and you're laughing, swearing and grabbing each other for balance. Go July through October.
Park at Grouse Mountain (6400 Nancy Greene Way) and ride the gondola to the top, or hike the Grouse Grind up and buy a download ticket. From the alpine area, follow signs onto the backcountry trail toward Goat Mountain and register at the trailhead kiosk first. It's about 7 km return with ~370 m gain, mellow past the ponds until a final rocky scramble with fixed ropes and chains, hands-on but short. Don't miss the flat summit's full 360: Crown, the Needles, Mount Baker and the city below. Shorter-route option: turn around at the Goat Mountain/Goat Ridge junction or the alpine ponds for a relaxed ~1-hour walk that skips the scramble but keeps the high-country feel. Best July to October once snow clears. Note the gondola is the cost here (about $80-90 adult round trip, less if you hike up and only buy the download), and you must be down before the last gondola, check the day's schedule.
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