Skookum Flats
Mount Rainier Area
Based on 10 recent trip reports (latest: 2026-02-28 00:00:00.000000). Most common trail condition: Obstacles on trail: Trees down across trail. (2 reports). Snow status: Snow free (1 reports).
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Conditions at a Glance
Trail
Obstacles on trail: Trees down across trail.
2 of 2
Snow
Snow free
1 of 2
Road
Road suitable for all vehicles
1 of 2
Bugs
No bugs
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Sources
Hiked from the north car park to the south car park and back. About 12 miles. Didn't go all the way south to the rainier park boundary.I do wish that the section from the south car park to the park bo...
A group of us from Snoqualmie Fire Lookouts did some work on the southern section of the trail from FS 7160 (Ranger Creek Airfield road), mostly cutting out logs. We sawed out 9 pretty sizeable logs ...
I hiked from Road 7160 (South Trailhead) to just past Skookum Falls, including a few side trips to the White River bank. I was the only one parked in the small lot and I didn't see anyone the whole da...
Started from FR73. Trail was quiet on the way to the waterfall at 10 am, busier on the way back. We didn’t do the scramble since it was cold and we were worried about our kids getting too chilled. One...
Nice walk in the woods. Arrived around 1030am on a Thursday to an empty parking lot. The road in has a lot of potholes but is so short it did not take too much time to navigate. There was no snow but ...
We started at the south trailhead. There were about a dozen obstacles getting to the falls. Some were easy stepovers; others required walk-arounds through mud. The gnarliest one was on a steep down...
Lovely out and back on a partially sunny day. Snow melting. The FS73 has lots of potholes, but easy to maneuver. Snow along sides. I hiked in topos and no microspikes, and was fine. Sections had snow...
I started my hike from FS 73 (Skookum Flats North Trailhead) and hiked going south to the falls and back. FS 73 has a lot of deep potholes. The drive was slow.The Cascades got a bunch of snow over the...
Started at Ranger Camp and hiked down to Skookum Falls and back. Trail way clear of snow and not too muddy. Only issue was the 12 trees blocking trail. Two of them were multiple trees down at one plac...
What a great way to end 2025 with Blue skies and sunshine on the trail. There is a dusting of snow on the trail, but no need for special gear. There are several downed trees on the trail, we went arou...
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