Packwood Glacier Trail
Strenuous · Out-and-back · 14.6 mi round trip · 2,764 ft gain · 5 h 30 min–7 h 45 min
Parking: not reported today
A long, demanding day; experienced hikers in good shape.
7.3 mi one way · high point 7,113 ft · time at a steady pace without breaks
Elevation from USGS; 4,551–7,113 ft. Open the map.
No hiker reports in the last 3 days. Be the first to report here
What you need
Fee or pass required Toilets (vault) dogs, accessibility, bikes: not recorded yet
Toilets and trash not confirmed here. Pack out what you pack in.
In Mount St. Helens and the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Entrance fee Northwest Forest Pass, $5 per day or $30 per year or an America the Beautiful pass. Day hikes need no permit; overnight stays need a wilderness permit. Rules, passes and closures change. Check the official Forest Service site before you go. Official: conditions · roads · fees · permits.
Getting there
Starts at Berry Patch Trailhead · White Pass / US-12 · 5 other trails start here. Also reachable from Snowgrass Hikers' Trailhead
Navigate to the trailhead: Google Maps · Apple Maps · coordinates 46.46678, -121.52776
Right now
Weather and road conditions
- This Afternoon: Partly Sunny, 63°F, wind 3 mph
- Tonight: Partly Cloudy, 45°F, wind 2 mph
- Tuesday: Sunny, 64°F, wind 2 mph
Daylight: Sunrise 7:11 am · sunset 6:36 pm
Air: Good (AQI 12, PM2.5 2.2 µg/m³) at the Yakima-River Rd monitor, 79 km away AirNow
Wildfire: Carlton Pass fire, 33 km away InciWeb
Snow: 2″ snow at Potato Hill (4,480 ft, 13.1 km away) station
Typical year: normally snow-free now · usually melted out by about Jun 2 · typical peak Apr 3
No reports in the last 3 days.
All conditions and reports at Berry Patch Trailhead
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