Field trip: GoHike: Beginner Hiking Course
August Hikes: 4 miles to 7 miles, 600 to 2,000 feet gain - Sourdough Ridge Traverse & Dege Peak
A relatively easy hike on a one-way traverse in Mount Rainier NP. We'll traverse Sourdough Ridge with a highlight summit of Dege Peak at 7000'. This hike counts toward your monthly required GoHike course August trips.
Contacts
- Sun, Aug 10, 2025
- Foothills Hiking Committee
- Day Hiking
- Adults
- Easy/Moderate
- Casual
- Mileage: 4.5
- Elevation Gain: 1,000 ft
- Pace: 1.5-2mph
- 1 (7 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
- Fri, Aug 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
- iCal Google
This is a special trip requiring us to enter the park no later than 6:30am to reach our meeting place at 7am. The park has timed entry reservation only status starting at 7am. This means maybe breaking up the drive with an overnight stay in a nearby town to avoid the early start for the drive. From Seattle/Bellevue this would require a 4:00am start (accounting for maybe a pit stop on the way) to get to our meeting place on time. We also will need to coordinate a vehicle shuttle system since this is a one-way traverse. This means we start at one TH and finish at another where we will have placed a car or 2 for getting us all back to our start (about a 3 mile drive). This is a great adventure for eye-popping scenery akin to The Sound of Music. A grand adventure indeed! Please reach out ahead of time if you have questions before sign up.
Meet at Sunrise Point Parking (Dege Peak TH at the hairpin) lot at 7:00am (Not Sunrise Park parking lot).
McNeeley, Antler & Dege Peaks
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Green Trails Mount Rainier Wonderland No. 269SX
Green Trails Mt Rainier East No. 270
USGS Sunrise
USGS White River Park - See full route/place details.
Required Equipment
Your leader will send out a Hello Hiker email prior to the hike with details on the hike, as well as recommended and required equipment.