{"id":4265,"date":"2014-08-01T05:31:02","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T13:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?p=4265"},"modified":"2016-06-05T16:04:27","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T00:04:27","slug":"granite-mt-hike-august-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?p=4265","title":{"rendered":"Granite Mountain Hike, August 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Granite Mountain<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Date:<\/strong> August 1, 2014<br \/>\n<strong>Difficulty:<\/strong> 7 out of 10<br \/>\n<strong>Distance:<\/strong> 8.6 miles \/ 13.8 Kilometers roundtrip<br \/>\n<strong>Elevation Gain:<\/strong> 3,800 feet \/ 1,158 meters<br \/>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong> 4 to 5 hours<br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> Exit 47, I-90<br \/>\n<strong>Users Group:<\/strong> Hikers &amp; Dogs Only<br \/>\n<strong>Permits:<\/strong> Northwest Forest Pass Required<br \/>\n<strong>Trail Conditions:<\/strong> Dry to the top<br \/>\n<strong>Hiking With:<\/strong> Rick Massie<br \/>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?p=4265&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4265 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?attachment_id=4269'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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href='https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?attachment_id=4270'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Granite-Look-out-Tower.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Granite-Look-out-Tower.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Granite-Look-out-Tower.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Granite-Look-out-Tower.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"4270\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?attachment_id=4270\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Granite-Look-out-Tower.jpg?fit=1632%2C918&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1632,918\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Lumia 1520&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1406889584&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001204&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"This was my second time of being inside the Granite Mountain fire look-out tower.\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Fire Look-Out Tower&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Granite-Look-out-Tower.jpg?fit=584%2C329&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4271'>\n\t\t\t\tFreeman in Snow\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nThe last time Rick Massie and I hiked up Granite was in extreme cold windy weather in November.  This hike was just the opposite with plenty of sunshine and warm weather; on the descent you welcomed the shady areas because the sun was getting a little too warm.  <\/p>\n<p>We finished the hike with a cold pint of Mac &#038; Jacks and a hot cup of Jambalaya soup at the North Bend Bar &#038; Grill. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Granite Mountain Date: August 1, 2014 Difficulty: 7 out of 10 Distance: 8.6 miles \/ 13.8 Kilometers roundtrip Elevation Gain: 3,800 feet \/ 1,158 meters Time: 4 to 5 hours Location: Exit 47, I-90 Users Group: Hikers &amp; Dogs Only &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/?p=4265\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[156,93,20,127],"class_list":["post-4265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moderate-hikes","tag-granite-mountain","tag-north-bend-bar-grill","tag-rick-freeman","tag-rick-massie"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jXSd-16N","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4265"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5157,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4265\/revisions\/5157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wanderjunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}