High Hut

 Although the huts are closed, the trails in the South District of the Mount Tahoma Trails are open!!! We were able to drive to the Upper Parking lot, with no snow on the road.
The trail started a short ways up from the gate, Snow covered about 90% of the route. In the morning the snow was pretty firm so we were able to hike up without snowshoes. In the afternoon the snow was slushy with occasional post holing.
The main route is a closed forest road, we were able to stay off to the side and have plenty of room for social distancing.

There were several creeks along the way.

 View of High Hut and Mount Rainier












view of Mount Rainier from the front of High Hut

Reflection of Mount Rainier in the hut windows

to the south east: High Rock and the Goat Rocks

 We hiked a short ways down the ridge to get a little better view of Mount Adams behind a small peak

zoom of Mt Adams

 High Hut from below the ridge we walked down

 zoom of High Rock with the lookout on top

















zoom of the Goat Rocks












zoom of Mt St Helens

 blurry zoom of the top of Mt Hood very far to the south












zoom of Mt Adams from further down the trail on our way back

Mt Rainier as we neared the end of the trail on our way back .