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A nice nearby hotel is Howard Johnson Snoqualmie/Summit, and nearby you stumble on Cowlitz Pass which is a fine place to take a look at. This lake is located in the wonderful Northern Cascade Range. All the water falling down from the sky makes Pillar Lake a wet spot; January is the wettest month with most snow while July is the month with the least amount of precipitation. Through the warmest time of the year, highs commonly are in the 60's at Pillar Lake.
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| | Summer overnight lows fall down to the 40's. The winter brings highs down to the 30's with temperatures at Pillar Lake dipping down into the 10's through winter nights. This lake is so wonderful. Long John Lake is a good lake in the vicinity of Pillar Lake, and since you're here you can take a hike along the Indian Creek Trail. Just can't get enough of Pillar Lake. Going for a hike along the Cramer Lake Trail will let you absorb the natural beauty of this neighborhood, | |
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and a beautiful lake like Art Lake is a good place to stop by. So much entertaining stuff to do in the Northern Cascade Range, not sufficient time. Crystal Mountain is a perfect local ski area; the sight of gorgeous Cramer Mountain
is splendid. There's no way anybody can get bored here in the Northern Cascade Range. There's so much to do here at Pillar Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Knuppenburg Lake Campground is a good spot for that, and you can
run the rapids of Cowlitz River - Clear Fork. This lake is so wonderful. Stay the night at White Pass Campground, and get your heart beating on the great whitewater of American River. If you like skiing, you're in luck; White
Pass is in close proximity to Pillar Lake, and on a wonderful day you can take a hike along the Twin Sisters Trail.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 46.70056 Longitude: -121.3631
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Cramer Lake Trail, Yakima County, 2 miles away 6.2 hiking miles, 869 feet elevation difference |
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Indian Creek Trail, Lewis County, 2 miles away 6.8 hiking miles, 1528 feet elevation difference |
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Twin Sisters Trail, Yakima County, 2 miles away 7.4 hiking miles, 1307 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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Art Lake, Yakima CountyCounty, 0 miles away |
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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
 | ...e variety of terrain for all abilities, a ski school with programs for everyone and places to relax and enjoy good times after the day is over. What really makes it special though, is the friendly, family-oriented atmosphere. It's what makes White Pass a ski and snowboard paradise. The White 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.<... |
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
 | 13 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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