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American Lake, American Ridge & Dewey Lake — Saturday, Jul. 26, 2025

Mount Rainier Area > Chinook Pass - Hwy 410
The route

I did a 28 mile loop from Chinook Pass south on the PCT then east towards American lake and then I went north on the American Ridge Trail and then I doubled back to Dewey Lake via the Dewey Lake Trail.

The Dewey Lake Trail is pretty awesome, but it could definitely use a log out. This would be a great place for a weeklong work party to log about 200 trees off the trail. Part of the American Ridge was also full of logs in a few places, but not bad compared to Dewey Lake Trail.

American Lake
Typical down tree along the Dewey Lake Trail. This actually is probably one of the larger trees, but it’s like this for quite a while.
Waterfalls along the Dewey Lake Trail.
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