French Potholes, Northern Cascade Range, Chelan County, Washington

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     French Potholes sees pretty high levels of rainfall; the month with most of the snow is January while July is the month with the least amount of precipitation. Nearby lakes? Sure, Bobs Lake is near French Potholes; Stephens Pass is a good local ski area. Summer brings highs in the 60's to French Potholes. During the moonlight hours it's ordinarily in the 40's. The wintertime brings highs down to the 20's, and night lows at French Potholes during the wintertime  
   mostly descend into the 10's.
French Potholes is located in the Northern Cascade Range. The top of Granite Mountain is easily made out from French Potholes, and get your heart pumping on the fine whitewater of Waptus River. Just can't get enough of French Potholes. Why not take a refreshing hike along the Lake Michael Trail, and camping at Fish Lake Campground is always a wonderful experience.
If you have a thing about the outdoors you'll have a thing
 
               about it here in the Northern Cascade Range. There's whitewater on Cle Elum River for all you adrenaline kick people, and French Potholes is right by the Davis Peak Lookout Trail. So much exciting stuff to do at French Potholes, so little time. If you need a place to stay Suncadia Resort is a perfect choice, and obviously Skeeter Creek flows through this vicinity.
This lake is so wonderful. Do explore Klonaqua Lake Dam if you're here at French Potholes, and do take a hike on the Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail. This lake is so wonderful. A perfect close by hotel is Stewart Lodge; if you came to camp Tucquala Meadow Campground is a splendid spot to do that. You'll really wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the fun stuff in the Northern Cascade Range. While staying at French Potholes you could always explore Paddy-Go-Easy Pass, unsurprisingly you could also stop at Carrie Lake while you're here; it's not far at all.

 
Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum
18 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...

Stewart Lodge, Cle Elum
19 miles away
Carat Hotel Dusseldorf GmbH offers a wide range of rooms and amenities to make us your recreational or business spot all year around. Our rooms are exceptionally large and include unique pine furnitu...

Current weather conditions at French Potholes, Northern Cascade Range, Chelan County, Washington
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Local climate location: STEVENS PASS 6 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 47.56667
Longitude: -121.0792

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These outdoors activities are available near French Potholes.
 Hotels Near French Potholes:
Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum, 18 miles away
Stewart Lodge, Cle Elum, 19 miles away
Best Western Snowcap Lodge, Cle Elum, 19 miles away
Howard Johnson Snoqualmie/Summit, Snoqualmie Pass, 24 miles away
Best Western Icicle Inn, Leavenworth, 28 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near French Potholes:
Tucquala Meadow Campground, Kittitas County, 2 miles away
Fish Lake Campground, Kittitas County, 2 miles away
Scatter Creek Campground, Kitsap County, 3 miles away
Hour Creek Campground, Kittitas County, 6 miles away
 Hiking Trails Near French Potholes:
Lake Michael Trail, Kittitas County, 3 miles away
       20 hiking miles, 2568 feet elevation difference
Davis Peak Lookout Trail, Kittitas County, 6 miles away
       7.4 hiking miles, 4439 feet elevation difference
Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail, Kittitas County, 8 miles away
       10.4 hiking miles, 4410 feet elevation difference
 Ski Areas Near French Potholes:
Stephens Pass, Washington, 17 miles away
      1800 vertical feet
Snoqualmie, Washington, 24 miles away
      1100 vertical feet
Alpental, Washington, 25 miles away
      2280 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near French Potholes:
Cle Elum River, Kittitas CountyCounty, 6 miles away
      Class IV-V - 8.5 miles long (Scatter Creek to Salmon La Sac Creek)
Waptus River, Kittitas CountyCounty, 7 miles away
      Class II-III+(IV) - 4 miles long (Waptus Lake trail to Salmon La Sac)
Cooper River, Kittitas CountyCounty, 8 miles away
      Class IV-V - 1.5 miles long (Waterfall to Cle Elum River)
 Lakes Near French Potholes:
Carrie Lake, Chelan CountyCounty, 2 miles away
Bobs Lake, Chelan CountyCounty, 2 miles away

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Fish Lake Campground
Watch for grizzly. Esp. early spring and fall....

Tucquala Lake
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This ''Lake'' Is Beautiful. It really isn't a lake at all, in the summer it is a widening of the river. Very slow moving river, more like a slough, it is very clean, clear, and cold, mountain runoff. The fishing is excellent from a small boat or float tube, although the current can be somewhat strong. I fly fished, using a #14 Adams, and caught 11 rainbow and cutthroat trout between 6 & 11'', in the early to mid evening. This was in July of 2008. Camping was good, small sites along the main road. Keep your food in the cars though as Bears are definitely out....

Davis Peak Lookout Trail
I  hated hiking it but the things I saw were amazing!!!!!...

Bonnie Lake
13 miles away
Bonney lake Is not trained. It is drained in the winter, who ever runs the dam doesn't man it in winter so they let it drain. There was talk that they would not fill it any more....Just heard that Bonnie Lake is drained in the winter and then refilled in the Spring. Can you tell me why?...

Wish Poosh Campground
13 miles away
We overnighted at this campsite a couple of weekends ago. The camp hosts were wonderful, they were informative and kept the grounds and the bathrooms spic-n-span clean. They were always in their golf cart putting around taking care of this or that. They scolded us for staying the night in a place we weren't supposed to, and I felt bad about that because I knew we shouldn't have stayed there but my partner insisted and it was his birthday. I knew they were just keeping order at the campground they were in charge of, and I appreciated that. Keep up the good work!...

Stephens Pass
16 miles away
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Stevens has a wide diversity of trails and runs that suits every riding style. From beginner to expert and for those terrain park junkies Stevens has you covered. I think what's special about Stevens is you can find your own little part of the mountain which is all yours, I have 4-5 little runs that cross between trails and off-piste that are all mine. Also the snow is crazy good, powder almost all the time. My favorite runs are Orion, some tree skiing near wall street, and right above the power lines. Stevens also has some pretty sweet out of bounds stuff to so check it out...

Snoqualmie
24 miles away
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From the steep and deep to the high-speed buffed-out cruisers, from our gentle learning areas to our benchmark parks and pipe, diversity is a way of life around here. With four unique base areas and less than an hour from Seattle on Interstate 90, no other resort in the country offers so much variety with this much convenience. Consider it a buffet for the outdoor enthusiast!
For the third year in a row, we stayed open longer than any other resort in the state, this season through Memorial Day. What can we say? We love spring skiing as much as you do!
So if you're looking for a true escape this winter, look no further than The Summit.
Just around the corner...
...A MILLION MILES AWAY!...

Alpental
24 miles away
Really good gets tons of snow but almost always wet has some very steep runs which are great and has some cliffs that are my size and some so i can learn...

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