If you're hiking this with a dog, this trip report is for you! Here's the summary:
- Direction hiked: Anti-clockwise starting at East Bank TH
- Duration: 4 days, 3 nights
- Where we camped (in order): Devil's Park, Skyline (this is just before Devil's Dome), Devil's Creek
- Can a dog do this? Definitely! Note below on the landslide.
- Water sources: Plentiful along the whole hike, except there is no water source at Skyline (or before Devil's Dome). You need to stop at the spring near Devil's Pass: at the intersection of Devil's Ridge Trail and Jackita Ridge Trail, take a right onto Devil's Ridge, then another 2 rights at each fork, which will lead you to a spring. This is the last water before Devil's Dome.
Overall, an amazing hike! Quite hard with lots of elevation gain/loss, but worth it for the views and solitude (we saw about 8 groups the entire time). Glad we did it anti-clockwise so we could have our last night at Devil's Creek campsite which is lovely. Make sure you check out the boat campground here: there is a dock, picnic table, and an amazing toilet which feels utterly luxurious at the end of the trip. Bring good bug repellent and a mosquito headnet. Also, if we did it again, we would camp at Devi'ls Dome instead of Skyline. Skyline is beautiful and a great spot to camp, but Devil's Dome is unmatched with 360 views of the surrounding mountains. The best views on this hike are between Devil's Park and Devil's Dome, so make sure you plan your weather accordingly.
Also, a note about the dog-friendliness of this hike and the landslide/blowdown near Granite Creek Cabin: A previous trip report made mention that this landslide is impassable with a dog– but want to confirm that this is not correct, and it is very passable with a dog. I feel a bit silly writing details because it wasn't that bad, but this may put people at ease: You climb up a dirt/root wall for about 8 ft using your hands (or paws) for support; then you hop down onto a level walkway of rocks and roots and walk across it for 10-15ft; then you hop over a rock (4ft jump down) and back down onto the trail. The trail picks up on the other side and very easy to see. We have a poorly trained/disobedient 70lb dog, and he had no issues. The main thing is that you go right through the middle of the blowdown – don't go up or down the landslide (maybe this is where people got lost) – just go straight through the middle.
If you want more pics/details, I'll be posting more to my Instagram @nutritiontraveller later this week.
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