Another trip up near Ashford, Wa on the way toward Mount Rainier. These trails are groomed by the Mt Tahoma Trail Association. This snowshoe trip is usually 8 miles round trip with 1000 ft elevation gain, when starting from the upper Sno-Park lot. Because of the recent heavy snowfall, only the lower Sno-Park lot was open. This adds 2.6 miles to the trip (for 10.6 miles RT) and an additional 300 ft elevation gain. A good trip on packed snow. We were able to hike about 1/4 mile along the road before putting on our snowshoes.
This is a map of the North trails.
After 1.3 miles and 300 ft elevation gain, we reached the traditional start of the snow trail. You gain see how much snow fell this week at 3300 ft by the snow on the roof over the signs on the right.
After 5.3 miles and 1300 ft elevation gain from where we parked the car, we reached Copper Creek Hut. It was so nice to go inside to warm up and eat our lunch before snowshoeing back to the car.
For those spending the night up at the hut, there are several trails you can explore in the area.
On a clear day, there are views of Mt Rainier and the Nisqually River Valley.
A beautiful walk in the snowy woods today!
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