Four huts with most all the comforts of home, but IN the backcountry and AWAY from it all! Warm up and get a hot drink in the middle of your day-trip. For a real getaway, spend several nights in a hut -- just bring your own sleeping bags and food. Everything else is provided; including enough utensils for gourmet meals. And not just a room with a view, but a room with a view of Rainier! All this for only a $10 per person per night reservation processing fee plus deposits.
Learn more about:
| Copper Creek Hut | Snow Bowl Hut | The Yurt | High Hut |
| Hut Availability | Reservations System | Fees | Maps |
Copper Creek Hut, located in our North District off the 92 Road, is our most accessible and most popular hut. The very gradual ascent in is beginner-friendly, and families with small children frequently visit this hut.
Copper Creek has an extensive network of nearby trails serving all levels of trekers; from the short "ridge view" loop to longer trips to Glacier Vista and the Puyallup Lookout Tower.
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Copper Creek Hut, at 4200', has views of Mt. Rainier, Saw Tooth Ridge and the Nisqually Valley. |
| The bright loft now sleeps 14. |
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Warm up and relax in front of the stove. |
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New floors, couch and tables were installed in 2007 (click photo to enlarge). |
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Of the three huts located in our South District, Snow Bowl is the easiest to reach. It's a great base for overnight backcountry skiing and snowshoeing adventures. Snow Bowl now sleeps 10.
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At 4250', Snow Bowl Hut sits atop a large bowl perfect for telemark enthusiasts. |
| Snowshoeing among 'snow ghosts' just down the ridge from Snow Bowl. |
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Snow Bowl's new propane stove. |
The Yurt is the most unique and the most remote accommodation in our trail system. It sleeps six and is located about 2 1/2 miles beyond Snow Bowl in our South District. It can also be reached via the new Lower Yurt Trail, part of which is ungroomed.
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At 4100', the Yurt sits in a clearing at the base of Griffin Mountain. |
| The Yurt's new kitchen. |
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Sitting atop a high ridge in our South District, High Hut is both challenging and rewarding to reach. The unobstructed view of Rainier is one of the best anywhere, and if that's not enough, there are views of St. Helens, the Cascade Range, the Olympics and part of Mt Adams. High Hut sleeps eight.
High Hut can be reached via a groomed logging road (beginner to intermediate skiing skills are recommended) or via an ungroomed backcountry route via Anderson Lakes. Long steep slopes will entice expert telemarkers while snowshoers explore the more moderate treed slopes near the hut.
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At 4760', weather permitting, High Hut provides dramatic vistas of nearby Mount Rainier. |
| High Hut's Interior. |
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