THREE HIKING SISTERS, we love to hike together, but we don't all live in the same state. Sometimes it is only two of us, and sometimes we hike with others. This is a record of some of our hikes.
Showing posts with label William O Douglas Wilderness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label William O Douglas Wilderness. Show all posts
Sunday, August 3, 2025
Deer and Sand Lakes
We drove to the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) North Trailhead by Leech Lake at White Pass this morning to hike north to Deer and Sand Lakes and then decided to continue on a short distance to a pond. 6 miles round trip with 960 ft of gain in a lovely forest. View of Leech Lake before we began hiking. 
Beautiful trail in the forest with lots of ripe huckleberries, some of the trees were covered with lichen in a herringbone pattern.
About a mile up the trail, we went by some meadows that had a few flowers in bloom, then the short spur trail to Deer Lake had lots of lupine and other blooms.
Above: Deer Lake Below: lots of wildflowers between Deer and Sand Lakes
Above: 2 photos of Sand Lake Below: the small pond a short distance further up the trail where we took a lunch break before we returned back to the trailhead
Some of the wildflowers and fungi seen along the trail today:
Friday, July 25, 2025
Naches Peak Loop
We drove up to the Tipsoo Lake Trailhead at Chinook Pass to hike the Naches Peak Loop and on both sides of Tipsoo Lake, 4 miles with 600 ft of overall gain. about half of the loop is in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, entering the William O Douglas Wilderness and the other half is in Mount Rainier National Park. We walked part way up the road to meet a friend and took the trail down along the west side of Tipsoo Loop. The wildflowers were abundant and amazing, what a beautiful day!
Wildflowers and Yakima Peak near Tipsoo Lake
We hiked the Naches Peak Loop Trail clockwise, some of the views after entering the William O Douglas Wilderness
The tarn on the east side of the loop
Continuing on the loop through the William O Douglas Wilderness
View towards Dewey Lake above, Views from the Mt Rainier side of the loop below:
zoom of Mt Rainier
zoom of Mt Adams to the south
Lots of avalanche lilies near the descent down towards the road and over at Upper Tipsoo Lake
Back to Tipsoo Lake, hiking around the east side of the lake and back to the parking area
Above: view of Yakima Peak from the pond near the Tipsoo Lake parking lot. Below: some of the wildflowrs seen along the trail:
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