Field trip: GoHike: Alumni Course
GoHike - Alumni Day Hike - Carkeek Park
Get outside and on the trail with your fellow graduate alumni and leaders from the Foothills GoHike: Beginning Hiking Series! GoHike is working to continue to provide opportunities for beginner hikers or those who are looking for easy to moderate hiking opportunities outside of our annual GoHike Course season.
Contacts
- Sun, Nov 16, 2025
- Foothills Hiking Committee
- Day Hiking
- Adults
- Easy
- Easy
- Mileage: 4.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 400 ft
- Pace: 1.5-2 mph
- 2 (8 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
- Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
- iCal Google
Priority registration is given to GoHike: Beginning Hiking Series graduate Alumni Course members. Graduate alumni will need to hold a GoHike Badge and have registered for the Beginning Hiking Series - Alumni Course.
If there are any unfilled spots on this trip, it will migrate out to open hike or walk activity pages. It will open up on the Wednesday before the week of the hike to general members, for Mountaineers members interested in a beginning hiking experience.
This 3.5/4-mile loop trail near Seattle, Washington. Generally considered an easy route, it takes an average of 1 h 35 min to complete. We may take longer to look and view the salmon! This is a very popular area for birding, hiking, and trail running, so we'll likely encounter other people while exploring. We may take a little side trip to look for the Beaver dam. We can plan on checking it out! if the group agrees. Let's hope for more wet weather as the salmon are more likely to swim up the creek after the rains. We'll ask for flexibility in the hike based on the salmon running.
More details in the Hello Hiker.
We will meet at the Eddie McAbee Entrance (trailhead) at 8:00 AM ready to circle up and begin introductions. I would recommend arriving by 7:50, to ensure you find a parking space, are geared up and ready.
- Address: NW 100th Pl, near 6th Ave. NW
- This trailhead is behind the QFC and not in the middle of the park.
- Trailhead Co-ordinates: 47.7033, -122.3634
Required Equipment
Leaders will send out a Hello Hiker email prior to the hike that may include recommendation or requirements for equipment. Ten essentials are essential.