Pacific Crest Trail: WA Section 7
TACOMA PASS to SNOQUALMIE PASS: Hike through a patchwork of woodlands and lakes on this 25.3-mile stretch stocked with blueberries and long-range Rainier views.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 40.7
Waypoints
PCT1556
Location: 47.2051582336426, -121.310256958008
Cross Tacoma Pass. Refill water bottles: Fill up at a spring 2-4 min. W of this switchback
PCT1557
Location: 47.2160987854004, -121.331031799316
Cross dirt road
PCT1558
Location: 47.2230987548828, -121.361480712891
Cross barely flowing creeklet
PCT1559
Location: 47.2605514526367, -121.333465576172
Cross dirt road
PCT1560
Location: 47.2752342224121, -121.339347839355
Cross dirt road
PCT1561
Location: 47.2768516540527, -121.34073638916
Stay straight to continue on PCT. Side trip: Turn R on road; follow .25 mi. to visit weather station, which has water and camping
PCT1562
Location: 47.2831497192383, -121.351066589355
Cross dirt road with privy
PCT1563
Location: 47.2903175354004, -121.368530273438
Cross dirt road
PCT1564
Location: 47.2875518798828, -121.37670135498
Cross dirt road
PCT1565
Location: 47.2908668518066, -121.40495300293
Creeklet crossing
PCT1566
Location: 47.2926330566406, -121.406997680664
Cross dirt road
PCT1567
Location: 47.3001670837402, -121.416030883789
Cross Stirrup Creek and pass a one-person camp
PCT1568
Location: 47.3211517333984, -121.432899475098
Creek crossing
PCT1569
Location: 47.3443336486816, -121.436897277832
Camp on the banks Mirror Lake
PCT1570
Location: 47.3477668762207, -121.438781738281
Stay L @ trail jct.
PCT1571
Location: 47.3513832092285, -121.441680908203
Turn L @ jct.; head W; Tinkham Peak rises to the S
PCT1572
Location: 47.3731002807617, -121.446998596191
Cross dirt road
PCT1573
Location: 47.3803176879883, -121.445915222168
Cross Olallie Creek
PCT1574
Location: 47.4226150512695, -121.411750793457
Snoqualmie Pass @ I-90; pancakes, hotel nearby.
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Note
Location: 47.2055816650391, -121.311737060547
Note from a hiker describing a nearby spring ©Jack Haskel