Best Trails near Paradise Inn, Washington

I would recommend this trail 100%! Weather conditions were really bad, snowing and very low visibility. Walking sticks and snowshoes HIGHLY recommended! You’re gonna be required to have chains for your tires. It was really beautiful! Got one small glance of the beautiful mountains once the sun came out for a split second.

Roaming Sugarloaf Mtn

amazing views!

Incredible views. Hiked in mid September 2019. No snow except way up in the glacier & higher elevation. it was just beautiful greenery. You go from a low, beautiful green vegetation, to vastly different rocky terrain, back to incredible vegetation on the descent. There are several waterfalls far off as you hike up. Beautiful expansive views. We started around 1030am. Weather was 66 at the start, at top elevation was around 33 a few hours later, then rose back to near 70 on our descent. This particular stretch is just a lot of direct ascent. But until the last loop sign you can detour for shorter loops still. So I would say its moderate, but I'm very physically fit. it's pretty well maintained trail until the top most portion of the loop which is rocky. But you wont get lost.

Road is closed

The views were breathtaking! Went on 12/29 and it was very snowy. You’ll need some crompers or snow shoes.

Lots of uphill, but since it's snowy, it's very beautiful. Quick trail.

Dope trail

Fun hike and it thankfully cleared up for us when reaching the end for a beautiful view of Rainier. Didn't have snowshoes, poles, or microspikes but would not recommend this one without. Was doable without but a tough trudge in parts. Also lost the trail a few times from the snow but we found our way there eventually.

Great trail - I came on 12/1/2019 and the trail was completely snow out. Make sure to have the right gear. Beautiful view all around. As a beginner hiker this hike was due-able.

Hiked on 11-30 on a beautiful sunny/clear day. Rainier had gotten a decent amount of snow on 11/26 - 11/27. Absolutely incredible views of Rainier and the Tatoosh Range & epic hike in the winter!!! Winter Conditions: The first 1.5 miles were very packed down snow and the rocks lining the edges of the trail were still visible--no trouble with conditions here. At the 1.5 mile mark when you make the sharp turn to head southeast the trail was no longer visible beneath the snow pack, and there was a long snow crossing required on a steep slope. Poles and micro spikes were required for safety here. From there to Panorama Point the conditions were consistently icy and required navigating steep pitches in 1'+ of snow. The southward turn at about 2.5 miles was frozen over with hard ice after the sun had beat down on that face all morning. We couldn't see anyone or evidence of anyone taking that route (we saw LOTS of skiers touring up to Camp Muir but saw no one descending this eastern side of the Skyline Trail). After checking it out we realized it was far too icy to navigate safely/controlled on the downward slope without crampons or an ice ax. We turned back and hiked down the way we came. I'm very glad we did. Even upon retracing our route the snow pack had loosened in the sun and we encountered multiple people who had lost traction in the snow and slid down mountain some. This is only based on the day/time we went and obviously winter conditions/snow pack very a lot depending on the precip, wind, sun, temps, etc. Depending on conditions I wouldn't go past that 1.5 mark without having microspikes, poles, and quality snow gear/experience. Can't wait to re-hike in the summer season!