This was an overnight trip my club sponsored to the Copper Creek Hut, a part of the Mt Tahoma Trails system near Mt Rainier. Conditions were great on the hike in, but the weather deteriorated overnight and the hike out was entirely in the rain. Probably a better option is to ski this trail, but only being 4 miles between the sno-park and the hut, hiking was not too bad. Since the trails are groomed, they are well packed down and the snowshoes I brought were not needed, though some of the folks that came along on the trip wore them anyways. The hut itself was pretty nice to have for the night. We had a hearty lasagne feast for dinner and a big breakfast the next morning. Its a lot of work cleaning up after 14 people but with everyone's help we got it done. The hut would be a lot easier to stay at if there was running water but since it gets so cold up there, its probably not practical to have it. Snow has to be brought in and boiled for drinking water and to do dishes and is a lot of work.
Here is the location of the Hut on a map. I was trying out a new gps tracking app on my phone and messed up the tracks somehow but I did manage to get a fix on the hut location itself.
Nice report, Jay. I need to do mine…