Pacific Crest Trail: WA Section 5
WHITE PASS to CHINOOK PASS: This 25.6-mile leg traverses meadows dotted with lakes to the Cascade Crest for pin-up views of Mts. St. Helens and Rainier. Anderson Lake, just inside Rainier National Park, makes for a stellar final camp.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 41.2
Waypoints
PCT1493
Location: 46.6394348144531, -121.388572692871
White Pass @ US 12
PCT1494
Location: 46.643684387207, -121.379531860352
Head NW past Leech Lake and White Pass Campground
PCT1495
Location: 46.6518821716309, -121.39331817627
Stay straight @ jct.; trail curves to the W
PCT1496
Location: 46.6530838012695, -121.409553527832
Pass spur on L that leads to Deer Lake
PCT1497
Location: 46.6597671508789, -121.413764953613
Stay straight; head N past Sand Lake
PCT1498
Location: 46.682918548584, -121.40438079834
Continue straight @ jct.
PCT1499
Location: 46.6962814331055, -121.389617919922
Stay straight @ jct. with Dumbbell Lake Trail
PCT1500
Location: 46.7021827697754, -121.385719299316
Set up a lakeside camp overlooking Pipe Lake
PCT1501
Location: 46.707649230957, -121.383964538574
Stay straight @ jct.; continue NW trek
PCT1502
Location: 46.7090492248535, -121.387001037598
Stay R @ jct. with Penoyer Lake Trail
PCT1503
Location: 46.7235679626465, -121.403030395508
Skirt Snow Lake’s W shore
PCT1504
Location: 46.7319679260254, -121.403564453125
Veer L @ jct.
PCT1505
Location: 46.7322998046875, -121.404998779297
Continue straight
PCT1506
Location: 46.7432823181152, -121.415214538574
Go straight @ Jug Lake Trail jct.
PCT1507
Location: 46.7482490539551, -121.419097900391
Cross creek @ a developed horse packer camp
PCT1508
Location: 46.7635345458984, -121.427085876465
very nice camp (4-5 tents) past creek near bumping lake trail
PCT1509
Location: 46.7714500427246, -121.427314758301
Creek crossing
PCT1510
Location: 46.7724838256836, -121.427886962891
Cross creek
PCT1511
Location: 46.7718849182129, -121.449981689453
Stay R; look to the NW for views of Mt. Rainier
PCT1512
Location: 46.7909164428711, -121.448013305664
Continue straight
PCT1513
Location: 46.816951751709, -121.468696594238
Continue straight
PCT1514
Location: 46.8317489624023, -121.473915100098
Set up camp at a designated site near Anderson Lake
PCT1515
Location: 46.8478507995606, -121.475997924805
Cross creeklet
PCT1516
Location: 46.8493843078613, -121.477348327637
Cross creek
PCT1517
Location: 46.8526496887207, -121.479202270508
Stay L; walk the SW banks of Dewey Lake
PCT1518
Location: 46.8535652160644, -121.481101989746
Pass many campsites at this popular lake
PCT1519
Location: 46.8555679321289, -121.487030029297
A campsite overlooking Dewey Lake
PCT1520
Location: 46.862232208252, -121.496383666992
Trail heads N; Tipsoo Lake to the W
PCT1521
Location: 46.8719902038574, -121.515769958496
Turn R @ WA 410/Chinook Pass/Mt. Rainier NP sign;
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Mt. Rainier NP and Chinook Pass Sign
Location: 46.8719902038574, -121.514823913574
©Jack Haskel
Lake View
Location: 46.867546081543, -121.500938415527
Northwest view overlooking a beautiful tarn. A great, very short day hike, from a popular tourist road. ©Jack Haskel
Lake and ridge
Location: 46.734920501709, -121.411781311035
©Jack Haskel
Low ceiling and valley
Location: 46.7546005249023, -121.408706665039
©Jack Haskel
Ridge trail
Location: 46.7665939331055, -121.409629821777
©Jack Haskel
Rainier #2
Location: 46.8065719604492, -121.464370727539
©Jack Haskel
Rainier #1
Location: 46.8121070861816, -121.468368530273
©Jack Haskel
