Opal Lake, Northern Cascade Range, Kittitas County, Washington

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     Opal Lake is always a pleasure to visit. This lake is so wonderful. Really great skiing awaits you at Stephens Pass; Roslyn Inns is a magnificent place to get some rest. Take a hike on the Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail; there are some splendid whitewater spots on Waptus River. This site, the Northern Cascade Range, has so much outdoors fun things. Opal Lake is right by the Lake Michael Trail, and obviously Big Boulder Creek flows through this area.
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   lake is so wonderful. There's so much to do here at Opal Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Salmon La Sac - Wenatchee National Forest is a splendid site for that, and there's no such thing as a bad day of skiing at nearby Snoqualmie. Man, is there a heap of amusing things to do near Opal Lake. Get yourself into a kayak and hit Cle Elum River, and the view of Davis Peak is picturesque.
Opal Lake is great enough to spend more than a day at, Scatter
 
               Creek Campground is a great local campground. Lakes? Sure, Michael Lake is nearby. If you have a thing about the outdoors you'll have a thing about it here in the Northern Cascade Range. Dry warm beds await you at Suncadia Resort, and why not take a refreshing hike along the Davis Peak Lookout Trail. Opal Lake is a beautiful lake in the Northern Cascade Range.
The warmest time of the year at Opal Lake arrives with high temperatures in the 60's, and the overnight is quite colder of course, mostly in the 40's. The cold days of the wintertime come with highs in the 20's while the cold winter nights at Opal Lake are in the 10's. Opal Lake gets a great deal of water; January is the wettest month with most snow; the driest of the months is July.

 
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Current weather conditions at Opal Lake, Northern Cascade Range, Kittitas County, Washington
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Local climate location: STEVENS PASS 1 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 47.45389
Longitude: -121.0753

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These outdoors activities are available near Opal Lake.
 Hotels Near Opal Lake:
Roslyn Inns, Roslyn, 8 miles away
Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum, 13 miles away
Stewart Lodge, Cle Elum, 15 miles away
Stewart Lodge, Cle Elum, 15 miles away
Best Western Snowcap Lodge, Cle Elum, 15 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Opal Lake:
Salmon La Sac - Wenatchee National Forest, Chelan, 3 miles away
Scatter Creek Campground, Kitsap County, 3 miles away
Cayuse Campground, Kittitas County, 3 miles away
Salmon la Sac Campground, Kittitas County, 3 miles away
 Hiking Trails Near Opal Lake:
Davis Peak Lookout Trail, Kittitas County, 1 miles away
       7.4 hiking miles, 4439 feet elevation difference
Lake Michael Trail, Kittitas County, 3 miles away
       20 hiking miles, 2568 feet elevation difference
Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail, Kittitas County, 3 miles away
       10.4 hiking miles, 4410 feet elevation difference
 Ski Areas Near Opal Lake:
Stephens Pass, Washington, 20 miles away
      1800 vertical feet
Snoqualmie, Washington, 24 miles away
      1100 vertical feet
Alpental, Washington, 24 miles away
      2280 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Opal Lake:
Cle Elum River, Kittitas CountyCounty, 1 miles away
      Class IV-V - 8.5 miles long (Scatter Creek to Salmon La Sac Creek)
Waptus River, Kittitas CountyCounty, 3 miles away
      Class II-III+(IV) - 4 miles long (Waptus Lake trail to Salmon La Sac)
Cooper River, Kittitas CountyCounty, 4 miles away
      Class IV-V - 1.5 miles long (Waterfall to Cle Elum River)
 Lakes Near Opal Lake:
Michael Lake, Kittitas CountyCounty, 1 miles away

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