Nudist resorts and nude beaches are terrific, but up a notch in risk and adventure is when you are likely to meet clothed hikers — and rangers, on private land, or county, state, and federal rangeland, forests, and parks. Nude hiking in the Cascades is one of a kind adventure. 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 are now up to an informal group of a dozen guys, who in varying combinations, hike almost every week in the summer actually May through October, even earlier sometimes and we are affiliated with a larger naturist group, Sun Lovers Under Gray Skies SLUGS , with gals joining in on a few hikes. We usually hike on weekdays, when we are less likely to encounter families with children or large groups.