Goat Creek #205
Jul 04, 2008
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Goat Creek
- Region: South Cascades -- Mt. St. Helens
- Trails: Goat Creek (#205)
- Avg Rating: 4.00
- Be Aware Of
- Water on trail
- Snow on trail
I started late and finished late. I arrived at about 1:30pm and returned to my car at about 6:30pm. I took the Goat Creek Trail #205 and made it about 4 miles to the 3500 foot level before losing the trail in snow. By far, the highlight of the trail is “Cathedral Falls”, but there many unnamed, waterfalls joining the flow towards the Cowlitz River. I was hoping to get to Vanson Lake or at least the top of the ridge itself.
The trail is usually streamside through mature forest and is in excellent condition until it gets into the snow. Much of the forest was burned in the last hundred years or so, but a mosaic of much larger, very impressive trees exist.
This is a low budget trail and there is a lot of water in the creeks. There are no bridges or engineering to help hikers across the streams it crosses. There is about a 300 meter section of the trail where I just took off my boots and went barefoot to save them from becoming inundated with water. It is a good hike for a hot day!
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The trail generally follows Goat Creek which supplies many waterfalls to distract the hiker.
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