Union Creek — Saturday, Jul. 7, 2012

Mount Rainier Area > Chinook Pass - Hwy 410

Reports from recent years talk about the bridge across Union Creek (1/4 mile into the trail) being out; it still is, and the trail sign sounded like it will continue to be out for the foreseeable future. If you want to try the hike anyway, it looked like you had three choices: 1) ford the creek (running pretty rapidly right now), 2) walk across a log over an even more rapid-running creek section just downstream (it's a big log, but in current conditions it wouldn't be good if you fall off), 3) park just on the other side of the creek on highway 410 at a gate, follow the creek, and try to hook up with the trail. We didn't try any of these.