Wilkeson--Mud and Weeds
Undeveloped Foothills Trail
Undeveloped Foothills Trail
Leaving the Wilkeson Foothills Trail pavement, we head toward Carbonado and eventually Mt Rainier National Park.
At the other end of the blacktop, the rough trail goes part way to Cascade Junction, where it will join the Foothills Trail from Buckley and leading to Orting, Puyallup,and eventually both Tacoma and Seattle.
The trail to Carbonado can get quite muddy, even in summer.
Trike and shoe both stuck.
But most of the trail is dry.
The character of the trail going the opposite direction from Wilkeson is entirely different.
South Prairie Creek follows the trail as it does the paved trail downstream.
