Loowit Trail — Friday, Jul. 4, 2025

We hiked this over 3 days, 2 nights starting at June lake. Parked at marble mountain which added 2 miles total and went clockwise, spending the first night at toutle river and second night in the plains of Abraham.

This trail had everything from sun exposure, trail finding through lava rock sections, steep, sketchy climbs, and more.

The first day from marble mountain to south fork of toutle river was extremely difficult. Took Pine Marten trail to june lake trailhead from marble mountain. The route finding on the lava boulder fields was challenging at times. We carried 3L of spare water due to reports of streams drying up, which is accurate. The first reliable water we saw after leaving june was at the south fork of toutle river. There was one ravine that had been washed out and was a bit sketch on this stretch. Being cautious slowed us down a lot. We saw WTA on July 4th chopping a tree that had fallen on the trail.

The second day we hiked up and out of the river to the plains of abraham. Windy pass was an absolute killer, do not recommend this hike if you are scared of heights and a lot of exposure. The sediment filled stream we camped next this night dried up by the next morning, be sure to fill up if / when you see water and do not wait til the next morning.

The last stretch on the southeast side back to june lake had a few washed out ravines that required some sliding down loose scree and sand. Otherwise, this part of the trail was fairly easy going and a nice way to end the loop with tired legs. We walked the road back to Marble Mountain, which was easier and faster than hiking pine marten back. The worst part of this day was seeing other backpackers who ignored the no overnight parking restrictions at june lake and hopped into their cars at the trailhead after completing loowit.