Beautiful trail! We hiked a little past Sourdough Gap to views of Mount Rainier and Crystal Lake. A couple of small snow patches on the way to Sheep Lake, but otherwise the trail was in great condition. Lots of wildflowers blooming and clear views of Mount Adams. 

Hiked to Crystal Lakes and then to Sourdough Gap. Perfect sunny day. Trail in good condition. Flowers blooming. Very little snow left towards the Gap. 

Another beautiful hike with lots of blooming anemone, glacier lilies, penstemon, and various other flowers. However, before even heading to the parking lot stop at the Tipsoo bathrooms. The one (only one) at the trailhead is atrocious. The traverse is snow free, and there are only a few patches as the trail heads into the forest. The lake was lovely with tiny jumping trout. The trail to Sourdough Gap has plenty of wild flowers to enjoy.

Hello guys, I drew a Mountain Goat tag for little Naches in 2025. There were no resources available really to tell where goats were, so hopefully this can help someone out in the future. The unit runs east of the PCT. One of the first hikes I did scouting for goats started at the chinook pass trailhead for the PCT. I took the trail from there up to Sourdough Gap, past sheep lake. I did see one goat above the lake on a hillside, I will attach pictures. However he was on the wrong side of the PCT to be in the goat unit, but still a good chance of goats being there.I completed this hike on 6/28, there were still some snow fields to cross that time of year, nothing too extreme though. I then continued north after the gap to  Bear Gap trail, where I went down and met my ride. The total mileage of the day was 6.75 miles through to the Morse Creek trailhead.

Awesome, Did see a Bear over at the bottom of the mountain. Looked like a brown bear