Greider Lakes, Boulder Lake
Sep 23, 2008
by
Janice Van Cleve
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last modified
Sep 24, 2008 12:53 PM
- Type of Outing
- Day hike
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Greider Lakes
- Region: Central Cascades -- Stevens Pass - West
- Agency: Department of Natural Resources, Northwest Region Office, Sedro-Woolley
- Avg Rating: 2.83
- Read More in our Hiking Guide
- Hike: Boulder Lake
- Region: Central Cascades -- Stevens Pass - West
- Agency: Department of Natural Resources, Northwest Region Office, Sedro-Woolley
- Trails: Boulder Lake (#740)
- Avg Rating: 2.50
- Be Aware Of
- Blowdowns
It's a shame that more people don't make use of the hike up to Greider Lakes. The trail is in very good shape and the campsites at Little Greider are incredible with metal fire pits, benches, stumps for tables and one even has a large wood tent platform! It's 5 miles round trip and only 1350 ft. altitude gain. There are 3 blowdowns: a big one on the switchbacks going up and two near the Little Greider spillway. The two lakes are a mere half mile apart and to tell the truth, "Little" Greider looks larger than "Big" Greider. The trail between them is heavily overgrown, rocky and muddy in places. There is not much at Big Greider by way of camping. A faint trail starts up the hill about 20 yards before the Big Greider outhouse. It used to go to a former lookout but it gets lost in heavy brush and is marked "closed" on the map.
Sultan Basin road just off Highway 2 is closed for road construction but there is an easy detour a few miles down at the McDonald's. It's 15 miles in on pretty good road to the trailhead. Along the way is a rest stop with registration tickets. Take the left fork here. The actual trailhead is well marked, has a clean outhouse, and from there it's only 37 switchbacks to the top. Huckleberries are gone but mushrooms are coming out. Fall colors should be much better by Oct 15.
The Boulder Lake road is closed at the Greider trailhead. It's 1.5 miles along the road to that trailhead.
Sultan Basin road just off Highway 2 is closed for road construction but there is an easy detour a few miles down at the McDonald's. It's 15 miles in on pretty good road to the trailhead. Along the way is a rest stop with registration tickets. Take the left fork here. The actual trailhead is well marked, has a clean outhouse, and from there it's only 37 switchbacks to the top. Huckleberries are gone but mushrooms are coming out. Fall colors should be much better by Oct 15.
The Boulder Lake road is closed at the Greider trailhead. It's 1.5 miles along the road to that trailhead.
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