Sheep Lake, Northern Cascade Range, Lewis County, Washington

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     Why not camp at Knuppenburg Lake Campground if you're here at Sheep Lake, and since you're here you can take a hike along the Shoe Lake Trail. High temperatures at Sheep Lake during the warm days of summer are in the 60's. Once the sun is down it falls down to the 40's. The wintertime comes with highs in the 30's while the cold winter nights at Sheep Lake are in the 10's. You'll in fact wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the exciting stuff in the Northern  
   Cascade Range. The panorama of Nannie Peak from Sheep Lake is charming; a great location to camp here at Sheep Lake is Chambers Lake Campground.
If only every place had this much outdoors enjoyable stuff, what a great planet it would be. White Pass is a pleasant local ski area. Lakes? Sure, Walupt Lake is in the vicinity. This lake is located in the wonderful Northern Cascade Range. Have a fine hiking adventure along the Pacific Crest Trail - section 24,
 
               and since you might be in a lake visiting mood you can always go to close by Lake Corral.
This lake is so wonderful. Get yourself into a kayak and hit Cispus River, and do take a hike on the Lily Basin Trail. If you go for the outdoors you'll go for it here in the Northern Cascade Range. A great location near Sheep Lake is Cispus Pass, and if you come at the right time of year, Cowlitz River - Clear Fork offers some good whitewater. All the water falling down from the sky makes Sheep Lake a wet location; the month of January is the wettest with most of the snow; July is the month with the least moisture.
This lake is so wonderful. Everybody nearby loves skiing at Crystal Mountain.

 
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Current weather conditions at Sheep Lake, Northern Cascade Range, Lewis County, Washington
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Local climate location: RAINIER PARADISE R S 1 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 46.45167
Longitude: -121.4294

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These outdoors activities are available near Sheep Lake.
 Hotels Near Sheep Lake:
Best Western Hood River Inn, Hood River, 36 miles away
Comfort Suites Hood River, Hood River, 36 miles away
Cousins Country Inn, The Dalles, 43 miles away
Super 8 Motel - The Dalles OR, The Dalles, 43 miles away
Comfort Inn Columbia Gorge, The Dalles, 45 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Sheep Lake:
Chambers Lake Campground, Lewis County, 7 miles away
Knuppenburg Lake Campground, Lewis County, 8 miles away
White Pass Campground, Yakima County, 10 miles away
Spring Creek Campground, Skamania County, 11 miles away
 Hiking Trails Near Sheep Lake:
Lily Basin Trail, Lewis County, 6 miles away
       18.6 hiking miles, 2458 feet elevation difference
Pacific Crest Trail - section 24, County, 6 miles away
      90.5 hiking miles, 3810 feet elevation difference
Shoe Lake Trail, Yakima County, 7 miles away
       8.6 hiking miles, 3194 feet elevation difference
 Ski Areas Near Sheep Lake:
White Pass, Washington, 9 miles away
      1500 vertical feet
Crystal Mountain, Washington, 23 miles away
      3100 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Sheep Lake:
Cispus River, Lewis CountyCounty, 5 miles away
      Class V - 4 miles long (Goat Creek to FR 2160)
Cowlitz River - Clear Fork, Lewis CountyCounty, 13 miles away
      Class V+ - 5 miles long (Lava Creek to La Wis Wis Campground)
Summit Creek, Lewis CountyCounty, 14 miles away
      Class V+ - 5 miles long (Soda Springs to Highway 123)
 National Parks Near Sheep Lake:
Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford - WA, 40 miles away
 Lakes Near Sheep Lake:
Lake Corral, Yakima CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Walupt Lake, Lewis CountyCounty, 3 miles away

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Pacific Crest Trail - section 24
Roundtrip Distance 13.4 miles
Elevation Gain 2,598 ft.
This peak is trailless, meaning a portion or all of the route up the mountain is via an unmarked trail. For this particular mountain, the typical route is known as a ''herd path'' which is not much more than a worn, but unmarked trail. Some of the herd paths are easy to follow, others are not. In many instances the hiker will travel down a false herd path and eventually have to correct his/her course via backtracking. For these particular mountains, it is imperative that the hiker carry a compass (and know how to use it) and topographic map....

White Pass
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Bench Lake
14 miles away
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This is Bench Lake in the Bird Creek area of Mt. Adams, Washington. This is located on the Yakama Reservation portion of land called Tract D which was Treaty land deeded back to the tribes in 1973. Mt. Adams plays peekaboo here with Little Mt. Adams.

The ranger of this area, Richard Canapo, stays in a trailer up the hill at the entrance by Mirror Lake and is a good source of local information as well as maps of the trails in the area. Permits are as follows:

Entry permit... $5. 00 for a 5 day entry fee

Camping and fishing permits are in addition to entry fees and are:

Camping... $10. 00 per night per space Fishing ... $5. 00 per day or $10. 00 for 5 days

You can have up to 12 pieces of split firewood per night of camping.

I should add that the road in to this lake is a bit rough and rocky, a narrow dirt road. Be cautious watching for other traffic, and I would not take an extremely low car in here. Last trip someone put a hole in a crankcase of a PT Cruiser... This can be avoided by careful driving! ...

Granite Lake
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Crystal Mountain
23 miles away
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