Goat Mountain and Deadman's Lake — Saturday, Sep. 27, 2008

South Cascades > Mount St. Helens

Paved road in good condition from Randle to FS 25 (8 miles) and good gravel road to Ryan Lake and the Goat Mountain Trailhead. Trail is in very good shape. About 1/2 mile in open forest, then steeply up for about 1 1/2 mile to the top of Goat Mountain. This part of the trail is on good tread in dark forest, but steadily uphill. Absolutely loads of huckleberries at the top - we were eating them by the handful. Great views to Rainier, Hood, and of course St. Helens. We continued upward another 1/2 mile, then headed down. Two other hiking groups - no bugs - great fall day.