Union Creek — Saturday, Jul. 24, 1999

Mount Rainier Area > Chinook Pass - Hwy 410

I can only report on the first 2 miles of this trail, as far as the North Fork of Union Creek (the North Fork bridge definitely doesn't look very safe to take a dog across). In the every-cloud-has-its-silver-lining department, all the late snowmelt does make for nice waterfall action here. This trail was snowfree and without any significant obstacles in the first two miles, and undoubtedly snowfree for some distance beyond as the surrounding ridges were also snowfree. The same cannot be said for Chinook Pass, which might melt out in, say, September.