Blue Lakes, Northern Cascade Range, Skamania County, Washington

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     This lake is located in the wonderful Northern Cascade Range. This lake is so wonderful. Since you might be in a lake visiting mood you can always stop at nearby Squaw Lake; dry warm beds await you at Best Western Columbia River Inn. There's some out of the ordinary stuff to catch a sight of at Little Brush Lake Dam close to Blue Lakes, and needless to say Eagle Creek flows through this vicinity.
Going for a hike along the Eagle Creek Trail will let you
 
   absorb the natural beauty of this neighborhood; Blue Lakes is splendid enough to spend more than a day at, Dolce Skamania Lodge is a splendid local campground. And that's not all you can do here in the Northern Cascade Range. Camping at Marine Park and Campground is always a tremendous experience, and a short trip to The (historical) Cascades is always worthwhile. Summertime highs at Blue Lakes regularly tend to be in the 70's. Once the sun is down it drops down  
               to the 50's. Through the wintertime highs are usually in the 40's, and overnight lows during the winter for Blue Lakes tend to be in the 30's.
Just can't get enough of the Northern Cascade Range. Have a magnificent hiking adventure along the Tanner Butte Trail; Sheridan Point is around here and always tremendous to pop by. But wait, there's more to do right next door to Blue Lakes. Playing golf is lots of fun at Beacon Rock Golf Course, and get drenched paddling on Rock Creek - Columbia River Tributary. Blue Lakes gets a great deal of water; December is the wettest month with most rain, and the driest month of the year is July.
Just can't get enough of Blue Lakes. This lake is so wonderful. Take a hike on the Tanner Cutoff Trail, and paddling on Trout Creek is so much fun. After a long day outdoors Skamania Lodge is a perfect place to spend a night or two. Lakes? Sure, Blue Lake is close at hand.

 
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Current weather conditions at Blue Lakes, Northern Cascade Range, Skamania County, Washington
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Local climate location: COUGAR 21 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 45.67417
Longitude: -121.9311

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These outdoors activities are available near Blue Lakes.
 Hotels Near Blue Lakes:
Skamania Lodge, Stevenson, 2 miles away
Best Western Columbia River Inn, Cascade Locks, 2 miles away
Columbia Gorge Motel, Cascade Locks, 3 miles away
Rodeway Inn Stevenson, Stevenson, 4 miles away
Resort at the Mountain, Welches, 16 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Blue Lakes:
Dolce Skamania Lodge, Stevenson, 2 miles away
Marine Park and Campground, Multnomah County, 2 miles away
Bridge Of The Gods Motel and RV, Cascade Locks, 2 miles away
Fishery, Cascade Locks, 3 miles away
 Hiking Trails Near Blue Lakes:
Tanner Cutoff Trail, Multnomah County, 4 miles away
       3.8 hiking miles, 3045 feet elevation difference
Tanner Butte Trail, Multnomah County, 5 miles away
      6.8 hiking miles, 3349 feet elevation difference
Eagle Creek Trail, Hood River County, 6 miles away
      12.7 hiking miles, 3778 feet elevation difference
 Ski Areas Near Blue Lakes:
Mt. Hood Ski Bowl, Oregon, 21 miles away
      1500 vertical feet
Timberline Lodge, Oregon, 22 miles away
      3590 vertical feet
Mt. Hood Meadows, Oregon, 25 miles away
      2777 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Blue Lakes:
Trout Creek, Skamania CountyCounty, 7 miles away
      Class IV-V - 6.3 miles long (FR 43 to Wind River)
Rock Creek - Columbia River Tributary, Klickitat CountyCounty, 8 miles away
      Class III-IV - 5.5 miles long (Steep Creek to Rayan-Allen Bridge)
Wind River, Skamania CountyCounty, 8 miles away
      Class I-II - 7.2 miles long (Mineral Springs to Stabler)
 National Parks Near Blue Lakes:
Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford - WA, 52 miles away
 Golf Courses Near Blue Lakes:
Beacon Rock Golf Course, North Bonneville, 3 miles away
 Lakes Near Blue Lakes:
Squaw Lake, Skamania CountyCounty, 0 miles away
Blue Lake, Skamania CountyCounty, 0 miles away

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Anybody who puts-in where the road map link on the webpage indicates and expects to find class IV-V water is going to be disappointed. The put-in is on the right bank slightly downstream of where the map shows the take-out (basically, at Stabler) and the take-out is on the right bank a half-mile or so above High Bridge (where the red line crosses the river on the map).

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I run this section of the Wind regularly and I have never heard anybody refer to it as Ranger Station Close to Stabler to High Bridge. It's common names are Stabler to High Bridge and the Upper Wind. The putin is much closer to Stabler than to the Ranger Station near Stabler (which is actually closer to the put-in on Trout Creek).

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