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| | Pyramid Lake, Northern Cascade Range, Whatcom County, Washington |
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You'll wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the enjoyable stuff at Pyramid Lake. This lake is so wonderful. The Panther Creek Trail is a great hiking trail next to Pyramid Lake, and as expected, A trip to Reflector Bar is always fun. That right there is a load of entertaining things already but it goes on, the Northern Cascade Range has it all. On a glorious day at Pyramid Lake you can take a hike along the Sourdough Lookout Trail, and perhaps you're looking
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| | for nearby lakes? Sure, Diablo Lake is just a very short distance away. This lake is so wonderful. In the event that you don't mind getting wet, you can always go whitewater paddling on Stetattle Creek; since you're here you can take a hike along the Pyramid Lake Trail. If you want a pleasant time in the great outdoors, just come on down to Pyramid Lake. Colonial Creek is a charming stream that is worth a visit; if the weather is pretty, you get a tremendous | |
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sight of Colonial Peak from Pyramid Lake. High temperatures at Pyramid Lake all through the summer months are in the 70's. During the moonlight hours it's regularly in the 50's. Daytime highs during the wintertime are in the 30's,
and during the dark hours in the wintertime at Pyramid Lake temperatures dip to the 20's. You'll really wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the enjoyable things in the Northern Cascade Range. Stay the night at Colonial Creek
Campground, and some exciting geology is available here, Colonial Glacier is right here. There's so much to do here at Pyramid Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Big Bear Campground is a good site for that, and Cascade River
has a pleasant whitewater paddling spot nearby. A journey to nearby Thunder Arm is very relaxing, and a journey to Butler Brown Flats invigorates the spirit. This lake is one of the great places here in the Northern Cascade Range.
The high level of rain makes Pyramid Lake a pretty wet site; most of the rain falls through November, and July on the other hand is the driest. At Diablo Dam close to Pyramid Lake there are some attention-grabbing things to see, unsurprisingly you could also pop by Thunder Lake while you're here; it's not far at all.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 48.695 Longitude: -121.1217
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| | Hiking Trails Near Pyramid Lake:
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Pyramid Lake Trail, Whatcom County, 1 miles away 2.2 hiking miles, 1153 feet elevation difference |
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Panther Creek Trail, Whatcom County, 6 miles away 8.7 hiking miles, 2363 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near Pyramid Lake:
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Stetattle Creek, Whatcom CountyCounty, 4 miles away Class IV(V) - 4 miles long (Jay Creek to Gorge Lake) |
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Cascade River, Skagit CountyCounty, 13 miles away Class II - 6 miles long (Mineral Park to Marble Creek Campground) |
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Granite Creek, Whatcom CountyCounty, 13 miles away Class IV - 5 miles long (Beebe Creek to Panther Creek) |
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Cascade River
 | 12 miles away Did this section July 21, 2007 in a tandem canoe, at about 1850. Had never done this section before. The description above seems accurate. Several large log jams, some completely blocking the river, forcing us to take some long and rough portages through thick brush and over huge piles of logs. Even when the river is not blocked, there are serious strainers at every bend. You really have to be alert to avoid them. A lot of work and danger for the few fun class II rapids you get within the first mile or so. We spent nearly three hours on portages and scouting and only about one hour actually on the water. Not recommended.... |
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