Pacific Crest Trail: WA Section 8
SNOQUALMIE PASS to STEVENS PASS: It's you and the mountain goats on this 56.7-mile stretch along the crest of Alpine Lakes Wilderness to colorful meadows exploding with paintbrush and tiger lilies.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 91.3
Waypoints
PCT1575
Location: 47.4226684570312, -121.412002563477
From Snoqualmie Pass, head NW to reconnect with PCT
PCT1576
Location: 47.4272003173828, -121.415336608887
Head E from the PCT trailhead
PCT1577
Location: 47.4253158569336, -121.405670166016
Cross creeklet; continue N
PCT1578
Location: 47.4396324157715, -121.397903442383
Stay R @ jct. with Commonwealth Basin Trail
PCT1579
Location: 47.4375, -121.39330291748
Cross creek
PCT1580
Location: 47.4515647888184, -121.378730773926
Continue NE along steep saddle with awesome views
PCT1581
Location: 47.4624671936035, -121.367835998535
Great camp between Gravel and Ridge Lakes
PCT1582
Location: 47.4716415405273, -121.34090423584
In 50 yds., pass Kenny Spring; named by Scott Williamson for his former hiking partner Kenny Gould (the man who inspired the PCT yo-yo attempt)
PCT1583
Location: 47.4765510559082, -121.328269958496
Walk the Huckleberry Saddle; Chikamin Peak rises to the E
PCT1584
Location: 47.4523315429688, -121.295448303223
Stay straight @ Mineral Creek Trail jct.
PCT1585
Location: 47.4529495239258, -121.284370422363
Cross a saddle with great views
PCT1586
Location: 47.4568328857422, -121.275848388672
Head NE; Spectacle Lake lies to the NW
PCT1587
Location: 47.4596824645996, -121.271583557129
Cross Delate Creek
PCT1588
Location: 47.4601516723633, -121.266799926758
Cross creek
PCT1589
Location: 47.4692001342773, -121.258033752441
Bear L @ Pete Lake Trail jct.
PCT1590
Location: 47.4763488769531, -121.261779785156
Cross Lemah Creek; campsites; head N toward Lemah Meadow
PCT1591
Location: 47.4829330444336, -121.259284973145
Creek crossing
PCT1592
Location: 47.4841346740723, -121.259613037109
Stay straight; Lemah Meadow Trail enters from the R
PCT1593
Location: 47.4901351928711, -121.259353637695
Cross creek
PCT1594
Location: 47.4930152893066, -121.256896972656
Creek crossing
PCT1595
Location: 47.5032157897949, -121.237419128418
Pass inlet to tarn
PCT1596
Location: 47.4989013671875, -121.213081359863
Bear L @ Waptus Burn Trail jct.
PCT1597
Location: 47.5160179138184, -121.21053314209
Veer R
PCT1598
Location: 47.515983581543, -121.196647644043
Cross Wapatus Creek
PCT1599
Location: 47.5066833496094, -121.171684265137
Stay straight @ Waptus River Trail jct.
PCT1600
Location: 47.5057983398438, -121.170883178711
Continue straight @ Spade Trail jct.
PCT1601
Location: 47.5075149536133, -121.155136108398
Pass a nice camp at creek
PCT1602
Location: 47.5353660583496, -121.137748718262
Spinola Creek Trail
PCT1603
Location: 47.536750793457, -121.137680053711
Continue straight @ trail jct.; nice camping
PCT1604
Location: 47.5504989624023, -121.129486083984
Head N around Cathedral Rock; nearby creek
PCT1605
Location: 47.5772514343262, -121.143836975098
Continue straight, heading N
PCT1607
Location: 47.5895004272461, -121.14835357666
Cross creek
PCT1608
Location: 47.6296844482422, -121.145851135254
Bear R @ trail jct. toward Deception Lake
PCT1609
Location: 47.6333503723144, -121.142768859863
Set up camp at Deception Lake
PCT1610
Location: 47.6630325317383, -121.14013671875
Stay R @ jct.
PCT1611
Location: 47.6988983154297, -121.091232299805
Head NE around Hope Lake
PCT1612
Location: 47.7189674377441, -121.06111907959
Stay L @ Y; trail curves around Lake Susan Jane to the NW
PCT1613
Location: 47.7466163635254, -121.088348388672
Reach US 2; L to Skykomish (deli/trail angels);
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Kenny Spring in 50 yards
Location: 47.4715347290039, -121.34090423584
Kenny Spring: Named by Scott Williamson for his former hiking partner Kenny Gould. ©Jack Haskel
Light through lichen-draped conifers
Location: 47.4371337890625, -121.387145996094
An otherworldy glow streams through a thick grove. ©Jack Haskel
