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Greenwater and Echo Lakes
Mount Rainier Area
updated 1 month ago
The trails to Greenwater and Echo Lakes are generally snow-free. Significant blowdowns are present, particularly on the trail to Echo Lake, with some being challenging to navigate. The road to the trailhead is paved and in good condition, and parking was light in the early mornings of August 21 and August 20. Some areas around Echo Lake show signs of the area reclaiming itself after a fire, with dead snags posing a potential hazard in windy conditions. Overall, the trails offer solitude, with few people encountered on recent visits.
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Older1 month ago
Mount Rainier Area > Chinook Pass - Hwy 410
We arrived Friday morning around 7:00 a.m. and found only two vehicles at the trailhead. The vault toilets were stocked with toilet paper, and the trail was in good shape, with only a tree or two down...
Older1 month ago
Mount Rainier Area > Chinook Pass - Hwy 410
Just one car in the parking lot at 8am. Its a very pretty hike up to and past the Greenwater Lakes (really just a a still area of the Greenwater River). We headed up to Echo Lake, one of two choices y...
Older1 month ago
Mount Rainier Area > Chinook Pass - Hwy 410
The trail to Greenwater Lakes should really get its own hike entry as the stats for continuing on to Echo and Lost make it seem like a trail for advanced hikers, "hiding" this lovely amble from web-se...
Mount Rainier Area > Chinook Pass - Hwy 410
Camped at Echo Lake and attempted a loop day hike up Arch Rock trail (which is not possible to find given so many downed trees, but with GPS does connect to the PCT). Once we found the PCT at Airplane...
Older2 months ago
Mount Rainier Area > Chinook Pass - Hwy 410
We hiked up to Echo Lake and camped the first night there, and then camped the second night along the river a 1/4 mile or so from Greenwater Lakes, before heading out.Highlights: really nice trail, lo...
Older2 months ago
Mount Rainier Area > Chinook Pass - Hwy 410
This trip report is for the Greenwater Lakes trail to just past Greenwater Lakes (somewhere around 6mi and 550ft of elevation gain).What an expectedly great hike! Our little group of Mountaineers arri...
Older2 months ago
Mount Rainier Area > Chinook Pass - Hwy 410
I enjoyed a great overnight backpacking trip to Greenwater Lakes. The trail is beautiful - wide pine-needle covered path, sturdy bridges to cross, no downed logs. Honestly, I haven't been on such a ni...
Older3 months ago
Mount Rainier Area > Chinook Pass - Hwy 410
This is a new trail for me, we hiked a total of 6 miles. Trekking out and back past the scenic Greenwater lakes, over many bridges and along the rippling river on a lovely June morning.Forest service ...
Older3 months ago
Mount Rainier Area > Chinook Pass - Hwy 410
My hiking group went to Greenwater Lakes today. It was 45 degrees with mostly sunny skies when we pulled in just after 9:00. Three other cars were in the trailhead lot. The toilet building has TP. We ...
Older3 months ago
Mount Rainier Area > Chinook Pass - Hwy 410
I hiked the Greenwater Lakes trail and it was cleared of all the downed trees from a month ago except for one that you could easily go under with a slight head tilt. The trail was even repaired in a ...