Nudist resorts and nude beaches are terrific, but up a notch in adventure is when you are likely to meet clothed hikers — and rangers, on private land, or county, state and federal rangeland, forests and parks. We had hiked naked for years, but always alone, until a couple of us connected on a beautiful fall day in 1999, hiking to Lake Lillian in the Cascade Mountains.
Even then, we didn't get naked until we were really remote in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness east of Seattle. But the sheer sense of freedom and naturalness was so great that this was the beginning of years of great nude hiking ever since.
We're now up to a dozen guys who hike almost every week in the summer. We're also affiliated with a larger naturist group, Sun Lovers Under Gray Skies (SLUGS), with gals joining in on a few hikes.
We're all in the Seattle area, so we mainly hike in the Cascades mountains or foothills to the east, either off I-90 or US2. One of our favorite hikes was to Scenic Hot Springs, off US2 near Stevens Pass... Read More.
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