Silver Creek Trail
Moderate · Out-and-back · 6.8 mi round trip · 1,293 ft gain · 2 h 30 min–3 h 30 min
Parking: not reported today
A solid half-day for most hikers.
3.4 mi one way · high point 4,080 ft · unpaved · time at a steady pace without breaks
Elevation from USGS; 2,777–4,080 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 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 Silver Creek Trailhead · Mount Rainier
Navigate to the trailhead: Google Maps · Apple Maps · coordinates 46.70212, -121.81585
Right now
Weather and road conditions
Daylight: Sunrise 7:12 am · sunset 6:37 pm
Air: Moderate (AQI 62, PM2.5 14.9 µg/m³) at the Auburn 29th St monitor, 71 km away AirNow
Wildfire: Garda Falls fire, 26 km away, 73 acres, 0% contained InciWeb
Snow: 0″ snow at Skate Creek (3,770 ft, 6.6 km away) station
No reports in the last 3 days.
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