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Summit Lake Trail was my absolute favorite hike since living in the PNW!

It’s a very beginner friendly hike, and well worth the views!

Once you get to the Carbon River Northwest Entrance of Mt. Ranier National Park, you will take a left over the river right before you enter the park and follow the gravel road up to the parking lot. This road is pretty rough, so I would suggest an all or 4WD vehicle!

According to AllTrails (if you don’t have the app and you’re a hiker, I would highly recommend!) the trail is 5.8 miles out and back with a 1,417ft elevation gain. My husband and I ended up hiking a total of 6.55 miles with a 1,509 elevation gain. The total time we spent from the time we got out of our Jeep to the time we got back in it was 3 hours and 48 minutes. This of course included all the stops to take in the views, take pictures, and eat some snacks!

We arrived at 0700 and the parking lot was pretty empty, however, when we got back to the parking lot (around 11) it was packed along with tons of cars on the side of the road up to about a mile from the parking lot. We didn’t run into many people on the hike up, but coming back down was a different story, so I definitely recommend getting there early!

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