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Mount Rainier from Peak 5,930 along Cowlitz Divide, Mount Rainier National Park
photo by Douglas Lorain
7Dumbbell and Sand Lakes Loop
RATINGS666ROUND-TRIP DISTANCE11.3 milesELEVATION GAIN1,550'OPTIONAL MAPGreen Trails White Pass (No. 303)USUALLY OPENMid-July–OctoberBEST TIMELate August–early September; early–mid-OctoberAGENCYNaches Ranger District (Wenatchee National Forest), 509-653-1401, fs.usda.gov/ recarea/okawen/recarea/ ?recid=58395
Highlights
The southern William O. Douglas Wilderness is a relatively gentle landscape of countless lakes, wonderful meadows, and attractive forests. Perhaps the area’s most outstanding feature, however, becomes evident only from very late September through mid-October, when the millions of huckleberry bushes lining its lakes and meadows turn bright orange and red, putting on one of the better fall-color displays in our region. Fortuitously, this is also a time when crowds are few and the mosquitoes, which can be voracious in July and early August, are nearly gone. Late August to early September is also a nice time to visit, as the lakes are reasonably warm for swimming and you can feast on all those ripe huckleberries.