Washington State Hikes

67 Hikes in Washington State

North Cascades National Park and surrounding areas

1. Cascade Pass and Sahale Arm

            Length:  12.0 miles
            Elevation Gain: 4,000 feet

2. Hidden Lake Lookout [Access Road washed out]

            Length: 8.0 miles

            Elevation Gain: 3,300 feet

3. Cutthroat Pass

            Length: 10.0 miles

            Elevation Gain: 2,000 feet

4. Maple Pass Loop and Lewis Lake

            Length: 7.2 miles

            Elevation Gain: 2,020 feet

5. Blue Lake

            Length: 4.4 miles

            Elevation Gain: 1,050 feet

Mount Baker Highway

1. Ptarmigan Ridge

            Length: 9.0 miles
            Elevation Gain: 1,800 feet

2. Chain Lakes Loop

            Length: 6.5 miles
            Elevation Gain: 1,820 feet

3. Heliotrope Ridge

            Length: 5.5 miles
            Elevation Gain: 1,400 feet

4. Hannegan Pass and Peak

            Length: 10.4 miles
            Elevation Gain: 3.100 feet

5. Yellow Aster Butte

            Length: 7.5 miles
            Elevation Gain: 2,550 feet

6. Lake Ann and Lower Curtis Glacier

            Length: 8.2 miles
            Elevation Gain: 2,150 feet

Mount Rainer

1. Burroughs Mountain

            Length: 9.0 miles
            Elevation Gain: 2,500 feet

2. Spray Falls, Spray Park to Observation Rock [No access to trailhead]

            Length: 8.0 miles
            Elevation Gain: 1,700 feet

3. Skyline Loop

            Length: 5.5 miles
            Elevation Gain: 1,450 feet

4. Tolmie Peak Lookout [No access to trailhead]

            Length: 7.5 miles

            Elevation Gain: 1,100 feet

5. Summerland - Panhandle Gap

            Length: 12 miles

            Elevation Gain: 2,950 feet

6. Glacier Basin

            Length: 6.5 miles

            Elevation Gain: 1,600 feet

7. Comet Falls, Van Trump Park and Mildred Point

            Length: 7 miles

            Elevation Gain: 3,135 feet

8. Kautz Creek to Indian Henry's Hunting Ground + Mirror Lakes

          Length: 12 miles

          Elevation Gain: 3,800 feet

9. Crystal Lakes

            Length: 6.0 miles
            Elevation Gain: 2,300 feet

10. Shriner Peak

            Length: 8.5 miles
            Elevation Gain: 3,434 feet

11. Kelly Butte Lookout

            Length: 3.4 miles
            Elevation Gain: 1,100 feet

Goat Rocks Wilderness

1. Snowgrass Flats and Goat Lake Loop

                Length: 12 miles

                Elevation Gain: 2,700+ feet

2. Cispus Pass from Walupt Lake

                Length: 12.8 miles

                Elevation Gain: 3,000+ feet

Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness

1. Eagle Lakes and Crater Lakes

            Eagle Lakes:

                Length: 12.5 miles
                Elevation Gain: 2,350 feet

            Crater Lakes:

                Length: 8.6 miles
                Elevation Gain: 2,220 feet

Alpine Lake Wilderness

1. Cathedral Rock and Peggy's Pond

            Length: 11.0 miles
            Elevation Gain: 2.300 feet

2. Colchuck Lake

            Length: 8.0 miles
            Elevation Gain: 2,280 feet

3. Tuck and Robin Lakes

            Length: 12.0 miles
            Elevation Gain: 3,354 feet

4. Lake Ingalls

            Length: 9.0 miles
            Elevation Gain: 2,500 feet

5. Thunder Mountain Lakes

            Length: 12.0 miles
            Elevation Gain: 4,000 feet

6. Rachel Lake, Rampart Lakes, Lila Lakes, Alta Mountain

            Length: Up to 12 miles
            Elevation Gain: Up to 3,300 feet

7. Mason Lake, Bandera Mountain, Mount Defiance, Island and Rainbow Lakes

            Length: Up to 12 miles
            Elevation Gain: Up to 3,500 feet

8. Kendal Katwalk and Ridge Lake

            Length: 12.0 miles
            Elevation Gain: 2,600 feet

9. Paddy-go-easy Pass and Sprite Lake

            Length: 6.0 miles
            Elevation Gain: 6,080 feet

10. Surprise and Glacier Lakes and Surprise Gap

            Length: 12+ miles

            Elevation Gain: ~4,000 feet

            

11. West Fork Foss River and Lakes

            Length: 14.6 miles
            Elevation Gain: 3,300 feet

12. Talapus and Olallie Lakes

            Length: 6.2 miles
            Elevation Gain: 1,220 feet

13. Mount Si

            Length: 8.0 miles
            Elevation Gain: 3,150 feet

14. Annette Lake

            Length: 7.5 miles
            Elevation Gain: 1,800 feet

15. Melakwa Lake

            Length: 8.5 miles
            Elevation Gain: 2,700 feet

16. Mount Margaret and Lake Lillian

            Length: 9.0 miles
            Elevation Gain: 2,000 feet

17. Middle Fork Snoqualmie

            Length: 12.0 miles
            Elevation Gain: 1,650 feet

18. Otter Falls

            Length: 8.16 miles
            Elevation Gain: 1,150 feet

19. Granite Lakes

            Length: 8.8 miles
            Elevation Gain: 1,270 feet

20. Granite Mountain

            Length: 8.6 miles
            Elevation Gain: 3,800 feet

21. Mailbox Peak

            Length: 9.4 miles
            Elevation Gain: 4,000 feet

22. Dirty Harry's Peak

            Length: 9.2 miles
            Elevation Gain: 3,326 feet

Wild Sky Wilderness

1. Frog Mountain

            Length: 8.0 miles
            Elevation Gain: 2,200 feet

2. Blanca Lake

            Length: 8.0 miles
            Elevation Gain: 3,400 feet

3. Lake Serene

            Length: 8.2 miles

            Elevation Gain: 2,000 feet

Glacier Peak Wilderness/Mountain Loop Highway

1. Green Mountain lookout

            Length: 8.5 miles
            Elevation Gain: 3,300 feet

2. Gothic Basin and Foggy Lake

            Length: 9.2 miles
            Elevation Gain: 2,840 feet

3. Perry Creek and Forgotten Meadows

            Length: 10.5 miles
            Elevation Gain: 3,400 feet

4. Mount Dickerman

            Length: 8.2 miles
            Elevation Gain: 3,950 feet

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

1. Navaho Pass and Peak

            Length: 13.7 miles
            Elevation Gain: 4,223 feet

2. Lake Minotaur and Labyrinth Mountain

            Length: 4.2 miles

            Elevation Gain: 2,500 feet

3. Mount McCausland and Lake Valhalla

            Length: 7.0 miles
            Elevation Gain: 1,800 feet

4. Iron Bear – Teanaway Ridge

            Length: 6.5 miles
            Elevation Gain: 1,800 feet

5. Marion and Clara Lakes

            Length: 3.2 miles
            Elevation Gain: 900 feet

6. Sauer's mountain

            Length: 6.0 miles
            Elevation Gain: 2,000 feet

7. Cashmere Canyons Preserve

            Length: 7 miles

            Elevation Gain: 1,200 feet

8. Ingalls Creek

            Length: Up to 14 miles

            Elevation Gain: Depends on how far you hike

Southern Washington

Some beautiful hikes or walks to view balsamroot in the spring in the Columbia River Gorge are:

• Lyle Cherry Orchard Trail
• Dalles Mountain Ranch
• Tom McCall Trail
• Rowena Plateau Trail

Harry's Ridge
            Length: 8.2 miles
            Elevation Gain: 970 feet

Lewis River Falls

            Length: 8.8 miles
            Elevation Gain: 450 feet