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You can never get enough of the tremendous skiing at Crystal Mountain. If only every spot had this much outdoors exciting things, what a great earth it would be. Whitewater paddling is delightful on Tieton River - South Fork, and Soda Spring is always fun to check out. All through the summer months at Diamond Lake highs are usually in the 70's, and the night is rather colder of course, frequently in the 50's. Throughout the winter highs are in the 40's, and
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| | winter nights come with lows in the 20's to Diamond Lake. This lake is so wonderful. Going for a hike along the Minnie Meadows Trail will let you absorb the natural beauty of this neighborhood, and get covered with water paddling on Cispus River. But wait, there's more entertaining stuff to do in the Northern Cascade Range. Hiking along the Bear Creek Mountain Trail is pleasant fun, and hey, Tenday Creek is a great local stream. Not enough hours in a day to | |
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enjoy the Northern Cascade Range. Looking for something right next door to Diamond Lake? Cirque Lake is in the vicinity, and here at Diamond Lake you can see Diamond Butte. You'll need more than a day to explore everything Diamond
Lake has to offer, you can camp at Rimrock Public Campground and Boat Landing, and a pleasant visit to Butte Meadows is a nice way to spend an afternoon. Diamond Lake commonly gets lots of precipitation; all through January this area
sees the most rain; the driest month is July. This lake is so wonderful. Skiing at White Pass is one of those things you just must do, and if the weather is splendid, you can go for a hike along the Tieton Meadows Trail. This
lake is located in the wonderful Northern Cascade Range. Diamond Lake is a tremendous spot to visit for more than one day, Grey Creek Campground is a tremendous spot to camp nearby; you're perhaps hooked on lakes, Phantom Lake is one of those close by.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 46.46111 Longitude: -121.2744
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White Pass, Washington, 11 miles away 1500 vertical feet |
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Tieton River - South Fork, Yakima CountyCounty, 9 miles away Class IV(V+) - 5.7 miles long (Grey Creek Campground to Rimrock Lake) |
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Cispus River, Lewis CountyCounty, 16 miles away Class V - 4 miles long (Goat Creek to FR 2160) |
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White Pass
 | 11 miles away ...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 to grow. So, whether your a novice snowboarder or an aspiring racer the White Pass Learning Center can help you get more out of your time on the mountain. LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO STAY IN WHITE PASS SKI AREA? SkiTown.com has all the best lodging properties in the area. Find condominiums, hotels, motels, lodges, inns and bed & breakfasts, all the accommodations you need to plan a great... |
Sand Ridge Trail
 | 12 miles away 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.... |
Rimrock Lake
 | 13 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.... |
Pacific Crest Trail - section 24
 | 16 miles away Roundtrip Distance 13.4 miles Elevation Gain 2,598 ft. This peak is trailless, meaning a portion or all of the route up the mountain is via an unmarked trail. For this particular mountain, the typical route is known as a ''herd path'' which is not much more than a worn, but unmarked trail. Some of the herd paths are easy to follow, others are not. In many instances the hiker will travel down a false herd path and eventually have to correct his/her course via backtracking. For these particular mountains, it is imperative that the hiker carry a compass (and know how to use it) and topographic map.... |
Bench Lake
 | 16 miles away 1 PHOTO This is Bench Lake in the Bird Creek area of Mt. Adams, Washington. This is located on the Yakama Reservation portion of land called Tract D which was Treaty land deeded back to the tribes in 1973. Mt. Adams plays peekaboo here with Little Mt. Adams.
The ranger of this area, Richard Canapo, stays in a trailer up the hill at the entrance by Mirror Lake and is a good source of local information as well as maps of the trails in the area. Permits are as follows:
Entry permit... $5. 00 for a 5 day entry fee
Camping and fishing permits are in addition to entry fees and are:
Camping... $10. 00 per night per space Fishing ... $5. 00 per day or $10. 00 for 5 days
You can have up to 12 pieces of split firewood per night of camping.
I should add that the road in to this lake is a bit rough and rocky, a narrow dirt road. Be cautious watching for other traffic, and I would not take an extremely low car in here. Last trip someone put a hole in a crankcase of a PT Cruiser... This can be avoided by careful driving! ... |
Granite Lake
 | 17 miles away 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
 | 26 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.... |
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