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Post by hikerchick395 on Jul 20, 2024 9:02:48 GMT -8
Hi PNW! Looking for day hike suggestions for Mount Rainier and North Cascades. We will be staying at Cougar Rock in Rainier and Newhalem in North Cascades. (Easy ones that we can include family. Harder ones, looking for views and such, for Greg and I.)
Thanx in advance!
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Post by cweston on Jul 20, 2024 9:48:23 GMT -8
Easy N Cascades: Cascade Pass (very scenic, crowded) Thunder Creek (Low-country Forest, major watershed, bears likely PCT however far you want from Hart’s Pass/Slate Peak lookout.
Harder N Cascades: Sahale Glacier (extension of Cascade Pass hike—crowded, but most folks turn around at the pass) Mt. Pugh (summit trail, great views of Glacier Peak)
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Post by hikerchick395 on Jul 25, 2024 14:35:13 GMT -8
Thank you cweston! Now we are wondering if we should make this trip, with all of the fires going on, both in Washington and Oregon. And our family is packed up for an evacuation warning in our own state. (Not mandatory, but the fire was only a couple of miles away from their residence.)
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Post by bumknees on Jul 25, 2024 19:31:23 GMT -8
You might look at Comet Falls for the family in Rainier.
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Post by rebeccad on Aug 8, 2024 10:21:40 GMT -8
So far things are still good down around Rainier.
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Post by hikerchick395 on Aug 9, 2024 9:52:37 GMT -8
I Know! But the decision was made to cancel. Ugh. Campsites at Cougar Rock are not easy to come by. Luckily I was able to transfer one to a neighbor.
(I initially canceled the first 10 days...Crater Lake, east Columbia River and North Cascades with the hope of getting in the last couple of weeks.)
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