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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2016 13:12:10 GMT -8
Going to Olympic, Crater Lake, and Mt Rainier next summer and are bringing our dogs. I know there are very few trails in the parks that allow dogs. Any suggestions on hikes outside the parks that are just as good? Or any other ideas? Thanks
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Post by null on Dec 5, 2016 14:17:35 GMT -8
A good rule of thumb -- National Parks, no dogs. National Forests, dogs fine.
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Post by Campfires&Concierges on Feb 9, 2017 9:11:37 GMT -8
Bumping this up for any specific recommendations...as well as near North Cascades National Park.
Thanks in advance!
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Post by zeke on Feb 20, 2018 15:14:39 GMT -8
heelerdad Nope. Not allowed on many sections of the PCT, according to the PCT website 
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Post by zeke on Feb 20, 2018 21:51:19 GMT -8
Campfires&Concierges Mt Thielson area, just north of Crater Lake, has some wonderful trails. Just don't go there during hunting season. That area is packed with hunter RVs from late Sept to Nov some time.
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Post by Campfires&Concierges on Feb 21, 2018 22:30:10 GMT -8
Campfires&Concierges Mt Thielson area, just north of Crater Lake, has some wonderful trails. Just don't go there during hunting season. That area is packed with hunter RVs from late Sept to Nov some time. Thanks, but that was over a year old. Been there, done that! |
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Post by whistlepunk on Feb 25, 2018 21:13:09 GMT -8
I'll ditto on no dogs in Lassen. I see plenty of PCT hikers hitchhiking around the Park with their dog -- leaving the trail at Hwy36, catching rides into Chester, Westwood, then Hwy44 to Old Station picking up the trail again, bypassing the Park entirely (and a really nice section of trail between 36 and the Park boundary). I've given a few rides to hitchhiking dog hikers. I don't know if they claim credit for hiking the whole thing or not.
OT -- I have gone paddling with my dogs on Butte Lake in Lassen. The regs say no dogs on trails, and no dogs in the lake, but nothing about dogs ON the lake in a craft. One of the rangers begrudgingly conceded there technically is no reg against it.
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Post by dayhiker on Mar 16, 2018 17:43:49 GMT -8
The guide to hiking Mt Rainier included some hikes just outside the park in NF. Probably more crowded now! Tatoosh Widlerness, Rock something, and Glacial View (I think). Mt Baker is NF?
Also Goat Rocks is wonderful.
You could probably hike the westside road (MT Rainier) with a dog on a leash (not sure) it is not open to cars any longer. Not much to see though.
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Post by muleman on Sept 6, 2021 11:25:44 GMT -8
I have been hiking with dogs with packs for over 50 years. It was a big change when leashes were required. Now many National Parks do not allow them on trails. A good reason to avoid National Parks.
National Forests have fewer people and fewer rules.
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