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Summer brings highs in the 60's to Cramer Lake; the overnight is a little chillier of course, mostly in the 40's. High temperatures through the winter are normally in the 30's with temperatures at Cramer Lake dipping down into the 10's through winter nights. This lake is so wonderful. American River has a pleasant whitewater paddling spot close by; paddling on Cowlitz River - Clear Fork is so much fun. Cramer Lake is a wet location that gets a great deal of
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Cramer Lake is right by the Dark Meadows Trail, and on a lovely day you obtain a glorious view of Cramer Mountain from Cramer Lake. Cramer Lake is located in the Northern Cascade Range. But wait, there's more cool stuff to do in the Northern Cascade Range. The Cramer Lake Trail offers hiking at its best; you can hit the slopes at Crystal Mountain close by.
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hours in a day to enjoy the Northern Cascade Range. Cramer Lake is tremendous enough to spend more than a day at, White Pass Campground is a tremendous local campground, and if you need a place to stay Howard Johnson Snoqualmie/Summit
is a fine choice. This lake is so wonderful. Hiking along the Shellrock Lake Trail is nice fun, and you might also want to pay a visit to Cowlitz Pass while you're here at Cramer Lake. If you fancy the outdoors, you'll have a thing
about Cramer Lake. A lake nearby is Otter Lake, and there's no such thing as a bad day of skiing at nearby White Pass.
A splendid place to camp here at Cramer Lake is Knuppenburg Lake Campground, and Cramer Lake is not the only site nearby, Dancing Lady Lake is a nearby lake.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 46.68389
Longitude: -121.3647
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| | Hiking Trails Near Cramer Lake:
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Cramer Lake Trail, Yakima County, 1 miles away
6.2 hiking miles, 869 feet elevation difference |
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Dark Meadows Trail, Yakima County, 2 miles away
2.7 hiking miles, 619 feet elevation difference |
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White Pass, Washington, 3 miles away
1500 vertical feet |
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American River, -blank- CountyCounty, 12 miles away
Class II-III+ - 7.5 miles long (Lodgepole Campground to Hell's Crossing) |
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Chinook Creek, Pierce CountyCounty, 14 miles away
Class IV-V - 5 miles long (Deer Creek to Cedar Flats) |
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White Pass
| ...rest 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-maintained cross-country areas in the Northwest. The 18 km of double track, which allows both classic and skating, circles a picturesque lake and then climbs into the Wenatchee National Forest.
The White Pass Learning Center has developed a wide variety of programs for all ages and abilities. Highly-trained instructors are there, ready to help you to learn, to improve and... |
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.... |
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.... |
Crystal Mountain
| 14 miles away
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.... |
Rimrock Lake
| 16 miles away
Robin, you can have fires in camp at Rimrock as long as there are no fire bans in the Wenatchee National Forest, you can find out if there is a ban by going to the Naches Ranger Station online or along Highway 12 going through Naches up White Pass....When is the best time to troll for silvers in Rimrock Lake?...Would like to now if we are allowed to have camp fires at rimrock lake.... |
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