Submitted by PiningForTheFnords t3_zflgrg in Washington
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shay-doe t1_izcnad6 wrote
I want to live in index so bad.
PiningForTheFnords OP t1_izcodol wrote
I don’t think houses there go up for sale often; in the six months I was house shopping here I never saw one inside the town area itself.
Having said that, last I saw there’s a dilapidated place for sale down the road by the river.
B-ert t1_izcwpuw wrote
I've come across the meeting minutes for one of the communities in Index. It's very detailed and there's enough gate-smashing and gravel based issues to be a fun read: https://www.mountindexriversites.com/meetings--financials.html
Also there's https://skyko.org/ which is more oriented toward the Galena road. Lots of drone footage of conditions.
MatthiasII t1_izddyry wrote
This had me cracking up from the Nov 2022 minutes.
>Green Gate >>> Red Gate
>The upstream gate formerly known as Green Gate has been painted Red and we installed a new beeper and flashing lights.
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lovesmtns t1_izf4nxp wrote
I had a neighbor once who gave me an account of a terrifying trip he did up at Index. He went into a mine, and climbed up some ladders. Eventually he got to very high ladder, and it broke beneath him, so he could only go up. He came out on a trapdoor on the top of Mt Index. There were some mountain goat tracks in the light snow cover, which showed him an unlikely way to climb down off the mountain. Whew! I ran across another neighbor later, and he told me, you didn't believe a word he said did you? Well yes I did. Hanging on every word. Turns out he was a notorious liar. Well, he got me good :). By the way, I once rappelled part way down Mt Index as part of a practice session, it is a magnificent mountain.
throwaway6300011 t1_izcgwo1 wrote
Absolutely beautiful! Love the hike I did in Index when I was visiting Seattle last fall!
LigmaSneed t1_izd142x wrote
It's so cool that you have a craggy mountain like this right in your backyard. I live in Tacoma and it's cool that Mt. Rainier is only 50 miles away, but you can't see it at all when it's cloudy. In Winter you can only see it a quarter of the time at best.
highexplosive t1_izd1bq1 wrote
What a far cry from this summer.
bignapkin t1_izcp7xg wrote
So beautiful I have lots of fond memories of Index
curlycupie t1_izcwr2q wrote
This is just east of us, in Snohomish County.
beyallluv t1_izgqpef wrote
I have a cabin that frequent not far from there by the railroad.
levilarrington t1_izcje4m wrote
Bet I could throw a football over that