Hosted by the Cascade Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Club, this Pack Dog event allows teams to complete one leg toward a GSMDCA Pack Dog title. Dogs competing in the event must be weighed, have their weight recorded on veterinary clinic stationary and signed by a veterinarian no more than five days prior to the hike. A team competing to earn a leg on a title is one handler per dog for the entire ten-mile hike. Dogs are required to be on leash for the entire hike. Hikers will be responsible for bringing and carrying their own lunches, snacks and water for the hike.

Entry Fee:
$15 per dog for CGSMDC Members
$20 per dog for Non-Members

Even if your dog isn't ready to carry the minimum weight required for a leg toward the Pack Dog title, you can still join us for the hike.

Check-in: 9:00am
Hike begins: 9:30am

Beginning at the parking lot at the trail head to Beard's Hollow, we will start by doing a 1 mile round trip to Beard's Hollow. Once we return to the parking lot and trail head, we will continue on the primary Washington Coast Trail.

The primary Washington Coast Trail starts from the Beard's Hollow trailhead parking lot. Its first leg is known as the Westwind trail, which initially climbs steeply and then levels out as it travels through the coastal forest. After about 1- mile, we'll reach the North Head Lighthouse parking lot. Here we will do a 0.6 mile round trip to the 100+ year old lighthouse, where views of the beach are said to be spectacular an expansive.

Back at the North Head Lighthouse parking area, we will enter the 1.4 mile-long North Head Trail, which starts out fairly level with great ocean views and then dips down into the forest. The trail climbs up and down until it finally reaches its end at the main road in Cape Disappointment State Park. We will then walk east (toward Lake O'Neil) down the stretch known as the "Road Link Trail" (which is actually the park's paved road) to the next trail section. This stretch is 0.4 miles long past lakefront camping and wetlands until you meet up with another paved road. We will follow the road for just 0.1 mile to reach the Discovery trail. Once on the Discovery Trail, we will follow this trail 0.6 miles until we reach the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center.

The Cape Disappointment Lighthouse Trail is the name of a series of short trails connecting the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center to the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse. We will travel down through the woods, to a small and beautiful beach known as Dead Man's Cove and then making a very steep ascent on the old Coast Guard Road up to the lighthouse. It's about 0.7 miles from the center to the lighthouse; about half downward winding trail and half steep Coast Guard road. Cape Disappointment is the oldest lighthouse still in use on the West Coast.

From the Cape Disappointment lighthouse, we will go back to the road link trail. Here we will take the 1.4 mile Coastal Forest Spur Loop Trail, We will then head back to the north head trail, back to the Beard's Hollow trailhead parking lot; where we started the hike.

Beard's Hollow trail (round trip)	1.0
Westwind trail	1.0
North Head Lighthouse trail (round trip)	0.6
North Head trail	1.4
Road link trail	0.4
Discovery trail	0.6
Cape Disappointment Lighthouse Trail (round trip)	1.4
Discovery trail	0.6
Road link trail	0.4
Forest Spur Loop Trail	1.4
North Head trail	1.4
Westwind trail	1.0
Total miles	10.2