KUOW Hike- Packwood Lake

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Update Tuesday 10-30-2012
Prefect hike rain or shine and you can still drive to this trailhead but get there soon before the winter snows come. This is south of Mt. Rainier off Highway 12 near town of Packwood.View below is from Packwood Lake towards Johnson Mt
Check out Green Trails Maps for directions. Map for this week's trip is 302. Click here for complete list of maps.
Photo below is view of Mt. Rainier from the trail
Photo below is hiking in the forest
Photo below is at lake and old guard station
Photo below this is a very old guard station
Photo below is view of Mt. Rainier from trail at times
Driving directions: From Packwood, follow U.S. Highway 12 to the east end of town and turn south-east onto Forest Road 1262 and continue for 6 miles to the trailhead parking lot. You can always call the Gifford Pinchot National Forest Randle office for road updates 360-497-1100
Trail stats: Roundtrip 10 miles with 600 foot gain and high point of 3200 feet. Please take map-compass-GPS as the trail information is out best estimate.