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Not sufficient hours in a day to enjoy this location. Since you might be in a lake visiting mood you can always take a look at nearby Dancing Lady Lake, and a great location to have a look at is Cowlitz Pass. High temperatures at Otter Lake throughout the summer are in the 60's. When the night sets in temperatures fall down into the 40's. Throughout the wintertime this place gets highs in the 30's; during the dark hours in the wintertime at Otter Lake temperatures
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| | fall to the 10's. This is a perfect neighborhood for folks who like lakes. Cramer Lake is a lake close at hand, and glide down the rapids of American River in a kayak.
All the water falling down from the sky makes Otter Lake a wet spot; the month with most of the snow is January, and July is when it's the driest. So much cool stuff to do here in the Northern Cascade Range, too wonderful to be true. Gotta ski! Crystal Mountain is a great location to do | |
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that, and get yourself into a kayak and hit Cowlitz River - Clear Fork. This lake is located in the wonderful Northern Cascade Range.
All year is a great time in the Northern Cascade Range if you like the outdoors. Go for a hike
on the Dark Meadows Trail, and everyone nearby loves skiing at White Pass. This lake is so wonderful. Going for a hike on the Cramer Lake Trail is always a great adventure; great hiking is available along the Shellrock Lake Trail.
This lake is so wonderful. Stay the night at Knuppenburg Lake Campground; at Otter Lake you can make out Cramer Mountain.
Howard Johnson Snoqualmie/Summit is a good site to get some rest; Otter Lake is a wonderful spot to visit for more than one day, White Pass Campground is a wonderful spot to camp nearby.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 46.68778
Longitude: -121.3608
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| These outdoors activities are available near Otter Lake. |
| | Camp Grounds Near Otter Lake:
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| | Hiking Trails Near Otter 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, 2 miles away
2.7 hiking miles, 619 feet elevation difference |
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White Pass, Washington, 3 miles away
1500 vertical feet |
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American River, -blank- CountyCounty, 12 miles away
Class II-III+ - 7.5 miles long (Lodgepole Campground to Hell's Crossing) |
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Chinook Creek, Pierce CountyCounty, 14 miles away
Class IV-V - 5 miles long (Deer Creek to Cedar Flats) |
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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.... |
White Pass
| ...hite Pass experience starts with a bountiful snowfall (350'' in an average season) and with the 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.
The White Pass Learning Center has developed a wide v... |
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
| 14 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
| 16 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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35 miles away
35 miles away
