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This lake is so wonderful. Hiking is a popular thing to do around Dog Lake; Cramer Lake Trail is a pleasant local trail, and Cowlitz River - Clear Fork has a brilliant whitewater paddling spot nearby. The Northern Cascade Range scenery is always beautiful.
You just can't envision the amount of outdoors fun things the area close to Dog Lake has to offer. A lake close by is Dancing Lady Lake; Dog Lake is right by the Hogback Trail. And that's not everything there
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| | is to do here in the Northern Cascade Range. You could also explore Cramer Lake while you're here at Dog Lake; it's close by; if you don't mind getting soaked, you can always go whitewater paddling on Summit Creek. High temperatures at Dog Lake through the summer are in the 60's. For the duration of the dark hours of summer temperatures sink down into the 40's. For the period of the wintertime this place gets highs in the 30's while Dog Lake overnight low temperatures | |
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all through the winter are in the 10's.
Dog Lake is a magnificent place to visit for more than one day, White Pass Campground is a magnificent place to camp nearby, and the skiing at White Pass is nice. This lake is so wonderful.
Everybody nearby loves skiing at Crystal Mountain, and why not take a refreshing hike along the Dark Meadows Trail. If you need a spot to stay Suncadia Resort is a great choice; North Fork Clear Creek is near Dog Lake and is always
a joy to pop by.
Just can't get enough of the Northern Cascade Range. A great view of wonderful Spiral Butte is available from Dog Lake, and you can stay the night at Knuppenburg Lake Campground. Dog Lake is a wet place that gets
much rainfall; the wettest month of the year is regularly January, that's the one that snows the most while July is the month with the least amount of precipitation.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 46.6575
Longitude: -121.3586
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| | Hiking Trails Near Dog 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, 1 miles away
2.7 hiking miles, 619 feet elevation difference |
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Hogback Trail, Yakima County, 2 miles away
7.7 hiking miles, 2654 feet elevation difference |
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White Pass, Washington, 2 miles away
1500 vertical feet |
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Summit Creek, Lewis CountyCounty, 12 miles away
Class V+ - 5 miles long (Soda Springs to Highway 123) |
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American River, -blank- CountyCounty, 14 miles away
Class II-III+ - 7.5 miles long (Lodgepole Campground to Hell's Crossing) |
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White Pass
| ...hington 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 to grow. So, w... |
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
| 15 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
| 15 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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36 miles away
