Bear Creek Mountain
Jul 25, 2009
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crawltothetop
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Jul 28, 2009 10:25 PM
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Bear Creek Mountain
- Region: South Cascades -- White Pass / Cowlitz River Valley
- Agency: Wentachee National Forest, Naches Ranger District
- Trails: Bear Creek Mountain (#1130)
- Avg Rating: 3.22
- Why You Should Go Now
- Wildflowers blooming
- Be Aware Of
- Snow on trail
Great family day hike, although its easy enough to spend a night camped out at the top of the peak, there's an excellent place to pitch a tent, or just throw down your bags. There is little elevation gain coming in from road 1204 until the last .9 miles to the peak. One snow patch along this portion required a go-around through loose gravel....kids should be careful. Most of the trail is through flower filled meadows and is extremely well marked, just follow the trough (trail is deep in places, almost like walking in a bucket!) We saw Elk tracks everywhere, but did not come across any Elk until on the way home on Tieton road, where a group of cows and calves ran across the road, then played around in the forest nearby until the last calf caught up. Saw a bobcat at the peak! Mt. Baker to the south and Rainier to the north were awesome but a bit socked in. Next time we'll spend the night on top.....(PS, filter water at the third stream on the way in. At the time it was the largest and fastest flowing......4 days later and we're not ill yet. Oh yeah, the bugs were light...we've had much worse)
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