Field trip: GoHike: Beginner Hiking Course
May Hikes: 3 to 5.5 miles, 300 to 1,250 feet gain - Foothills Trail
Enjoy this relaxed hike of 5 miles and 100 feet gain on the route of an abandoned rail line between Orting and the Carbon River Crossing. This hike can apply toward your GoHike Series graduation!
Contacts
- Sat, Apr 17, 2021
- Foothills Hiking Committee
- Day Hiking
- Adults
- Easy
- Easy
- Mileage: 5.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 100 ft
- Pace: 1.5 mph
- 3 (7 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Meet at 10:30AM by the restroom in Orting Central Park. Google map location https://goo.gl/maps/qkRvTb19sgEgR4EMA.
Carpooling with anyone outside your household is not recommended at this time due to the risk of Covid-19.
From the meeting place in Orting Central Park, we will hike southeast on a portion of the Foothills Trail that will take us to a newly developed picnic site on the shore of the Carbon River. The paved trail is on the railbed of a former rail line that carried coal from the nearby mines to the Seattle port. If the weather is clear, we will have a magnificent view of Mt. Rainier on the early part of the hike. There is a portapotty near the lunch spot. We return by the same route.
Required Equipment
Footwear should be suitable for walking on an asphalt trail. Clothing should be non-cotton and suitable for the weather that is forecast. If rain is forecast, rain gear should be brought, including a pack cover.