Glacier View Wilderness is a

wilderness Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plurale tantum, plural) are Earth, Earth's natural environments that have not been significantly modified by human impact on the environment, human activity, or any urbanization, nonurbanized land not u ...

adjacent to the west side of

Mount Rainier National Park Mount Rainier National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States located in southeast Pierce County, Washington, Pierce County and northeast Lewis County, Washington, Lewis County in Washington (sta ...

Washington state Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is often referred to as Washington State to distinguish it from the national capital, both named after George Washington ...

. It was designated as wilderness in 1984. Glacier View Wilderness has views of the glaciated slopes of Mount Rainier which lies to the east. This includes viewing points from Mt. Belijica (5,476 feet) and Glacier View Point (5,507 feet). Glacier View Point is the former site of a fire lookout built in 1934. The wilderness is administered by the

Gifford Pinchot National Forest Gifford Pinchot National Forest is a National Forest located in southern Washington, managed by the United States Forest Service. With an area of , it extends along the western slopes of Cascade Range from Mount Rainier National Park to the C ...

through the Cowlitz Valley Ranger district with headquarters located in Randle, Washington.

Recreation

The wilderness is accessible from SR 706 east of Ashford, Washington through Forest Service Road 59. Primitive camping sites are located on several wilderness hiking trails. The Lake Christine/Mount Beljica #249 trail is a popular destination for hikers and backpackers. Lake Christine is approximately a mile one way and Mount Beljica is another three miles (5 km) from the lake off of FR 5920. Glacier View Trail #267 is farther down on FR 59 and is one way with a Mount Rainier viewpoint at the end. The Puyallup Trail #248 leads to Goat Lake and can be used to hike into

and is also reached on FR 5920.

References

External links

Glacier View Wilderness
U.S. Forest Service
Glacier View Wilderness
Wilderness.net (The University of Montana) {{Authority control Cascade Range IUCN Category Ib Protected areas of Pierce County, Washington Wilderness areas of Washington (state) Gifford Pinchot National Forest