[Jake490]

I’m looking for an easy to moderate 3-4 day hike that I can take a dog along with any recommendations?

[Backpacker Joe]

Jake, let me first off welcome you to the site. I'm not a dog owner, but I hope that doesnt prevent me from saying welcome aboard. I'm sure you find some recommendations for your question. Happy hiking.

[lookout bob]

Jake....you might consider a hike north from Harts Pass in the Pasayten wilderness.....start at Slate Peak and go north on the crest trail to Woody Pass and then return via the Pasayten river trail. It would be helpful to know what area you'd like to hike in...

[Jake490]

Thanks for the input. You know I really don’t have a favorite place to hike my only requirement is that I be able to take my dog so that leave the National Parks out….I have a few days off in September and I was kinda thinking of doing the East Bank trail on Ross Lake or something of that nature… I’m not really looking at clicking a bunch of miles I would just like to spend a few days in the outdoors hiking and camping with my buddy….

[Slugman]

Here's a great area: Blankenship lakes/meadow, Twin Sisters lakes, Tumac mtn, many other nearby lakes. Go over Chinook pass east of Rainier, down the American river on hiway 410, up the Bumping lake rd to Deep creek road to the trailhead for Twin Sisters lakes. It's not as long a drive as it sounds. This area would be perfect for you. A short hike up to the first Twin Sister, plenty of great campsites at both lakes, a short hike over to Blankenship meadow, a huge meadow, maybe one the biggest around, plus a whole bunch of lakes in the Blankenship group, as well as many other lakes, Pear, Apple, Dumbbell, Fryingpan. Lots of off-trail exploring to a miriad of tiny lakelets and pocket meadows south of the twin sisters. The whole area's a giant plateau at one mile high, very little up and down when exploring, and the trailhead's at 4,300, so no big effort to get up there. But one day if you feel like going up a bit more, the cinder cone of Tumac mtn sits right in the middle of the plateau. It has great views of the whole area, which is an aid to exploring, and tops out at 6,300 ft, just 1,000 above the general level of the plateau. Read this, look at the pics, and tell me this place ain't heaven for dogs!