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Article: A LOOKOUT OF LEGENDARY PROPORTIONS VITAL LINK IN GREENWAY, RATTLESNAKE MOUNTAIN SETS STAGE FOR STUNNING VIEWS.(Getaways)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- April 22, 1999
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The viper-less ridge known as Rattlesnake Mountain, now protected as a state/county scenic area, is best known for three airy rock ledges that are ideal spots for contemplating matters minor and momentous.
A good 1.3-mile trail that gains 1,300 feet leads to the ledges, where you can sit and ponder a 270-degree panorama.
The view encompasses the jagged, snow-capped western edge of the Cascade Range and the rounded, stony countenance of 4,167-foot Mount Si. It includes the hilly, glacier-sculpted and increasingly suburbanized upper Snoqualmie Valley, the asphalt ribbon of Interstate 90 snaking toward the mountains and tiny cars and trucks far below, ...