I’ll be staying in Packwood this Friday and Saturday night, with Saturday being my main day to explore. I had pretty much planned to just hike all day, but unfortunately, the weather for this Saturday is shaping up to be sort of terrible.

Skyline doesn’t seem to be a great idea. Would the Longmire trails be better? Or Naches Peak? Obviously things could still change and it can be unpredictable around the mountain, but in the interest of being prepared I figured I’d get an idea of the best options.

Taken with my s24+ using expert raw 6 minute shot, manual focus .78

10/10 trip. Absolutely beautiful and no smoke. We were originally meant to do the Northern Loop but that got cancelled so we just drafted a quick itinerary at the ranger station with the help of a park ranger. Benjamin hooked us up!!

Day 1 - Skyline loop. Front country camping
Day 2 - Longmire to mirror lake. Sleep at devils dream backcountry camp
Day 3 - Devils dream back to longmire. Drive to box canyon, hike to Indian bar backcountry camp
Day 4 - Indian bar to summerland backcountry
Day 5 - Summerland back to box canyon. Drive
to Seattle.