Expedition Red Top Lookout. Digging for huge agates, geodes and more.
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2020
- Red Top Lookout is one of my favorite places to rockhound in Washington state. Join me as I dig for agates, geodes, jasper and more at this popular site. Collecting rocks makes me happy and Red Top never disappoints. I hope the tips and information here help you in your rockhounding endevors.
Directions: {Google will only get you part way there}
From I-90 take exit 85 for WA-970
17 miles to a left on FS 9738
2.6 miles to a slight left on FS-9702
Stay on this road until you see a sign for Red Top Lookout. There will be a road that branches off to the left, DO NOT take this road.
You will see another sign indicating Red Top Trail parking on the right. Follow this road.
Equipment:
I use a short handed shove and a small rock hammer. You will need to dig in semi-hard dirt. I use the pick end of the hammer to help remove rocks. A small wire brush and a spray bottle of water are useful to help clean the rocks so you can see what they are. Big spray and sun screen if you desire.
This place is kid friendly as it is in a relatively flat area. The walk in is along a rather wide and developed trail but it does go along a steep incline at places.
It’s been a couple years since I’ve been over there and after watching this, I have the urge to go back! Great video, I like the informative approach to your presentation.
Hey thank you! I enjoy your videos as well especially the Tahoma agates.
Heading up to the red. Just a couple old guys, anything I should know? Pop's and I,😉 old and older.
Watched all the videos I could find, seems different areas produce different?
Is this a huge eroded feature? Or a upthrust of deeper built material..
Volcano with rotten Rock revealing the harder material?
In videos I see Jasper, agate, seams, geode's some coming out of fresh cleaven Rock. Also the digs, looks Hit and miss like a old worked bottle dump. Little spots in between and under burden...
Good day and HIGH Fives!
Good video! Just hit redtop today, yesterday first creek, cant beat the mountain air.
You got that right! Its a beautiful, fun area. Hope you found awesome rocks!
AWSOME!
Thank you!
I really enjoyed the video and watched the whole thing, but I was hoping for a cleanup shot of all the rocks at the end. 😜
Yeah I definitely learned to do that in my later videos - apologies.
Amazing video! Subscribed, you make awesome content man. I'm really really considering heading out there tomorrow haha see if i can swing it
My first and only time here was extremely disappointing, just found a geode the size of a quarter. Worth it for the view though.
Sorry to hear that. The view is tremendous!