Day Hike - Hugo Peak & Windy Ridge

We will meet at 9:30 am ready to go at the TH for Hugo Peak which is located at the gatehouse at the entrance to Pack Forest on Hwy 7 in Eatonville. Parking is limited at the TH so carpooling is encouraged. Additional parking can be found in the adjacent parking lot for trailers just past the TH about 1/4 mile to the left from the entrance. Please give yourself a bit more time to find parking and allow for the additional time to walk back to the TH.

CARPOOL: Please reach out to each other. I am backpacking in Chelan just prior to this trip and will have very limited access to email or phone from Saturday-Tuesday.

DIRECTIONS: Drive Hwy 161 to Eatonville. Make a right at the traffic light and proceed one block. Make a left onto Mashell Ave and follow Mashell Ave/Hwy 161 for three miles to stop sign. Turn left onto Hwy 7. The entrance to UW Pack Forest is .3 miles down Hwy 7 on the left. The trailhead for Hugo Peak is at the entrance. 

BATHROOMS: Portable bathrooms are located at the Pack Forest conference center parking .5 from the entrance. 

Trip will initially open to Tacoma Branch Conditioning Hiking Students. Trip will open for registration to all Mountaineers, based on availability, 7-10 days prior to date of the hike.

PLAN: The plan is to be ready to hike at 9:30 am, give introductions then hike up to Hugo Peak have a snack and a short break then proceed to a beautiful Rainier view point across Windy Ridge. We should be back to the cars about 2-3 pm. Weather will dictate the view.

LUNCH WATER: Bring a lunch, snack and at least 1.5L water. HYDRATE WELL THE EVENING PRIOR. This is part of the Conditioning Hiking Series Focus Staying hydrated will be our topic focus for May.

WEATHER FORECAST: Rain Gear? Check before leaving the house.

ADDITIONAL GEAR: Trekking poles recommended.

We would like to acknowledge that we are on the traditional and ancestral lands of the Nisqually people, or "Squally-Absch. Squally-Absch means “People of the River, People of the Grass.” Nisqually people have inhabited and stewarded these lands Since Time Immemorial. Traditional villages have been found from the shores of the Salish Sea, along the Nisqually and Mashel Rivers, to the slopes of Mount Rainier, and all throughout the Nisqually watershed.