Buck Lake, Northern Cascade Range, Yakima County, Washington

    User input for Buck Lake, Northern Cascade Range, Yakima County, Washington:

Be the first to submit input for Buck Lake.
Help improve this web site with your great input.


Submit Input:
Your Name:
Write or Paste Input here:

Upload picture:      Review Guidelines


 
     Summer at Buck Lake comes with high temperatures in the 60's. During the moonlight hours it's regularly in the 40's. For the duration of the winter highs are in the 30's, and night lows all through the winter for Buck Lake tend to be in the 10's. Yep, outdoors cool stuff to do are truly plentiful here at Buck Lake. Take some time to stop at Gifford Pinchot National Forest if you're here; camping is available at Morse Creek Campground. There's no way someone  
   can get bored here in the Northern Cascade Range. A magnificent place for whitewater paddling near Buck Lake is Chinook Creek, and if you yearn for a little side journey, try Carlton Pass.
Buck Lake gets lots of water; during the month of January you get the most snow around here, and July is the month with the least moisture. Yep, outdoors entertaining things truly is bountiful here in the Northern Cascade Range. Crag Lake is a great lake in the neighborhood
 
               of Buck Lake; if the weather is perfect, you can go for a hike along the Lake Trail. This lake is so wonderful. You can run the rapids of Summit Creek near Buck Lake, and a lovely lake like Fish Lake is a delightful site to have a look at.
Everybody nearby loves skiing at White Pass, and here at Buck Lake you can distinguish Crag Mountain. This lake is so wonderful. Gotta ski! Crystal Mountain is a perfect place to do that, and on a nice day you can take a hike along the Jug Lake Trail. Buck Lake is located in the Northern Cascade Range.
Howard Johnson Snoqualmie/Summit is a great place to get some rest. There is a great hiking trail in close proximity to Buck Lake called the Cowlitz Trail, and a wonderful location to camp here at Buck Lake is Soda Springs Campground.

 
Howard Johnson Snoqualmie/Summit, Snoqualmie Pass
31 miles away
On Snoqualmie Pass, The only hotel on the mountain, Outdoor Heated Swimming pool, Indoor Hot Tub and Sauna. Ski across the street - 4 mountains to ski from. Free Shuttle Service to all Base Areas at ...

Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum
36 miles away
Set on the sunny eastern slopes of the Cascades alongside the sparkling waters of the Cle Elum River and surrounded by pristine pine forest-Suncadia offers the ultimate luxury mountain resort experien...

Current weather conditions at Buck Lake, Northern Cascade Range, Yakima County, Washington
WXPort

Local climate location: RAINIER PARADISE R S 14 miles away


OTHER_INFO
  Coordinates:
Latitude: 46.76889
Longitude: -121.4294

Northern Cascade Range Lakes
Complete list of all the lakes in the Northern Cascade Range.

Northern Cascade Range Outdoors Info
Complete outdoors info for the Northern Cascade Range.

Washington Lakes
Complete list of all lakes in Washington

Yakima County Lakes
Complete list of all lakes in Yakima County

Books about Buck Lake
List of books available on Amazon.com about Buck Lake, Northern Cascade Range, Yakima County, Washington.

Outdoors Recreation Near Hood River, Oregon
Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Hood River, Oregon, the metro area neareast to Buck Lake. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more.

Washington Outdoors Index
This is a very comprehensive index of outdoors activities in the great state of Washington.
 

 

OUTDOORS_GUIDE
These outdoors activities are available near Buck Lake.
 Hotels Near Buck Lake:
Howard Johnson Snoqualmie/Summit, Snoqualmie Pass, 31 miles away
Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum, 36 miles away
Stewart Lodge, Cle Elum, 39 miles away
Best Western Snowcap Lodge, Cle Elum, 39 miles away
Kings Valu Inn, Enumclaw, 42 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Buck Lake:
Soda Springs Campground, Lewis County, 5 miles away
Morse Creek Campground, Yakima County, 6 miles away
White Pass Campground, Yakima County, 7 miles away
Knuppenburg Lake Campground, Lewis County, 7 miles away
 Hiking Trails Near Buck Lake:
Lake Trail, Lewis County, 3 miles away
       10.8 hiking miles, 1640 feet elevation difference
Jug Lake Trail, Lewis County, 3 miles away
       13.4 hiking miles, 1307 feet elevation difference
Cowlitz Trail, Lewis County, 3 miles away
       10.6 hiking miles, 2199 feet elevation difference
 Ski Areas Near Buck Lake:
White Pass, Washington, 7 miles away
      1500 vertical feet
Crystal Mountain, Washington, 8 miles away
      3100 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Buck Lake:
Summit Creek, Lewis CountyCounty, 8 miles away
      Class V+ - 5 miles long (Soda Springs to Highway 123)
Chinook Creek, Pierce CountyCounty, 8 miles away
      Class IV-V - 5 miles long (Deer Creek to Cedar Flats)
Cowlitz River - Clear Fork, Lewis CountyCounty, 9 miles away
      Class V+ - 5 miles long (Lava Creek to La Wis Wis Campground)
 National Parks Near Buck Lake:
Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford - WA, 38 miles away
 Lakes Near Buck Lake:
Crag Lake, Yakima CountyCounty, 0 miles away
Fish Lake, Yakima CountyCounty, 0 miles away

MORE STUFF NEARBY:

Granite Lake
Granite Lake has crystal clear water, is surrounded by a very primtive campground. I don't recall how many campsites there are, but I have never been there when there was more than one other party. The surrounding area is incredibly beautiful, well worth the extremely rough road in. 4 wheel drive only. There is an abandoned copper mine in the area, and if you can find the trailhead, (good luck), the scenery is breathtaking. I've been to the mine 3 times. Watch out for bears! There is a ghost town below the copper mine. Very little is left. There are picnic tables, no water and no bathrooms. Come prepared....

White Pass
...i school with programs for everyone and places to relax and enjoy good times after the day is over.
What really makes it special though, is the friendly, family-oriented atmosphere. It's what makes White Pass a ski and snowboard paradise.
The White Pass experience starts with a bountiful snowfall (350'' in an average season) and with the highest base elevation on the crest of the Washington Cascades.
The resort strikes a perfect balance between pulse quickening steeps, wide open cruisers and gentle learning areas with 33 percent of the terrain geared toward experts, 43 percent toward intermediates and 24 percent toward beginners.
Nothing gets you to the top faster than the Great White Express, Washington's only Doppelmayr high-speed detachable quad. Great White can take you from the base to the summit in five minutes.
White Pass is recognized as one of the greatest mountains to ride in the Northwest. Natural quarter-pipes, kickers, drops, cornices and chutes challenge even the most experienced boarder. It offers a half-pipe.
It's got one of the most scenic and well-...

Sand Ridge Trail
The hike started out on the dry sandy rocky trail and with a slight grade up. After the 0.75 of a mile and 300 foot gain or so there was a fork; shortly after the you're ?entering the wilderness? sign, trail 1147, or Little Buck Trail is to the right. We haven't been on it, but it is suppose to be about a 0.9 of a mile and end up at the Indian Creek Trailhead and campground. After that fork Sand Ridge Trail, 1104, goes up for about 1 mile, and the foot gain for that mile is about 900 feet. According to the maps and the GPS we were using, the trail begins at about 3400 feet and goes to about 4600 feet. The last mile is like a standard up and down hike until the Shellrock Lake Trail junction, trail 1142 to the left, after that we don't know. Overall, for about the first 2 miles there is a 1200 foot gain in elevation, and then it evens out for a while. However, we had to turn around when we thought we were almost to the Shellrock Lake Trail junction due to a couple feet of snow pack and melt off....

Crystal Mountain
4 PHOTOS
Crystal Mountain is a big mountain with all kinds of skiing available, easy, hard, you pick. The scenery is great, and so is the snow....

Outdoors related information copyright © Stratus-Pikpuk, Inc. - Detailed hotel information copyright © Interactive Hotel Solutions