Trip
Backpack - Carbon River Road
Basecamp Backpack to the Carbon River area with hikes to a lake almost every day. We'll spend two nights at Ipsut Creek and one night at Cataract Creek and day hike with light packs.
Contacts
- Sun, Jul 25, 2021 — Wed, Jul 28, 2021
- Seattle Backpacking Committee
- Backpacking
- Adults
- Moderate, Moderate/Strenuous
- Moderate
- Mileage: 40.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 8,420 ft
- High Point Elevation: 6,096 ft
- Pace: 2mph generally
- 3 (5 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Carbon River Ranger Station at 8:00AM
Our permit is for two nights at Ipsut Creek and one night at Cataract Valley which are both group camps. Day One: hike in to the Ipsut Creek Camp, 5 miles w/option to hike to Green Lake or Chenuis Falls. Day Two: dayhike to Mowich Lake or possibly to Eunice Lake and Tolmie Peak, depending on conditions, 10mi, 3,270. Day Three: pack up and move camp up to Cataract Valley CG, then dayhike to Mystic Lake, 11 mi, 4,400 or Spray Park, 10.5 mi. Day Four: Hike out to TH ~10 miles.
Poor weather forecast may necessitate a change in dates.
See map here.
Carbon River Road
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Green Trails Mt Rainier West No. 269
Green Trails Mount Rainier Wonderland No. 269SX - See full route/place details.
Required Equipment
The Ten Essentials plus overnight gear which may include:
- Tent with footprint/ground tarp
- Stove and fuel
- Sleeping bag
- Sleeping pad
- Water filter
- Bear canister or Ursack
- Cooking pot/pan with plate and utensils
- Toilet paper and trowel, plus sealable bag to pack out used tp.