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    The beauty of Jess Lake is reason enough to stop by. Jess Lake is one of the lakes here in the Northern Cascade Range. Jess Lake sees pretty high levels of rain; January is when you get the most snow here; July is when it's the driest.
The warmest time of the year at Jess Lake comes with high temperatures in the 60's. For the period of the dark hours of summer temperatures descend down into the 40's. Through the wintertime this place gets highs in the 30's, and
 
   winter nights come with lows in the 10's to Jess Lake. This lake is so wonderful. While you're here at Jess Lake you can take a hike along the Cramer Lake Trail, and Jess Lake is a pleasant location to visit for more than one day, White Pass Campground is a pleasant location to camp nearby. A day on the slopes of White Pass is just what you need. You'll need more than a day to look at everything Jess Lake has to offer, you can camp at Knuppenburg Lake Campground.
 
               If you adore the outdoors you'll adore it here in the Northern Cascade Range. Summit Creek has a good whitewater paddling spot nearby; if the weather is nice, you can go for a hike along the Twin Sisters Trail. All the outdoors entertaining things right next door to Jess Lake will keep you coming back again and again. You can make out Cramer Mountain from Jess Lake; do check out Pipe Lake, it's a picturesque lake. This lake is so wonderful. Paddling on Cowlitz River - Clear Fork is so much fun, and you can have a fine hiking adventure along the Jug Lake Trail.
If you're here, you might as well stop by Cowlitz Pass, and if you like skiing, you're in luck; Crystal Mountain is relatively near. You'll truly wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the exciting things in the Northern Cascade Range. Suncadia Resort is a nice spot to get some rest; Deerhead Lake is a nearby lake that you could take a look at.

 
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Current weather conditions at Jess Lake, Northern Cascade Range, Lewis County, Washington
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Local climate location: RAINIER PARADISE R S 11 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 46.70583
Longitude: -121.3883

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These outdoors activities are available near Jess Lake.
 Hotels Near Jess Lake:
Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum, 36 miles away
Stewart Lodge, Cle Elum, 38 miles away
Best Western Snowcap Lodge, Cle Elum, 38 miles away
Kings Valu Inn, Enumclaw, 46 miles away
Best Western Hood River Inn, Hood River, 48 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Jess Lake:
White Pass Campground, Yakima County, 3 miles away
Knuppenburg Lake Campground, Lewis County, 4 miles away
Soda Springs Campground, Lewis County, 6 miles away
Bumping Lake - Wenatchee National Forest, Chelan, 9 miles away
 Hiking Trails Near Jess Lake:
Jug Lake Trail, Lewis County, 2 miles away
       13.4 hiking miles, 1307 feet elevation difference
Cramer Lake Trail, Yakima County, 2 miles away
       6.2 hiking miles, 869 feet elevation difference
Twin Sisters Trail, Yakima County, 2 miles away
       7.4 hiking miles, 1307 feet elevation difference
 Ski Areas Near Jess Lake:
White Pass, Washington, 3 miles away
      1500 vertical feet
Crystal Mountain, Washington, 12 miles away
      3100 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Jess Lake:
Summit Creek, Lewis CountyCounty, 10 miles away
      Class V+ - 5 miles long (Soda Springs to Highway 123)
Cowlitz River - Clear Fork, Lewis CountyCounty, 11 miles away
      Class V+ - 5 miles long (Lava Creek to La Wis Wis Campground)
Chinook Creek, Pierce CountyCounty, 12 miles away
      Class IV-V - 5 miles long (Deer Creek to Cedar Flats)
 National Parks Near Jess Lake:
Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford - WA, 41 miles away
 Lakes Near Jess Lake:
Pipe Lake, Lewis CountyCounty, 0 miles away
Deerhead Lake, Lewis CountyCounty, 0 miles away

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White Pass
...e 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-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.
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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....

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