Follow a fisherman's trail to a crystalline blue lake in the North Cascades. This is a bushwhack, so you will need route-finding experience and a map and compass, and you'll need to know how to use them.
Trapper Lake
48.4417,
-121.0116
Map & Directions
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Length
- 5.0 miles, roundtrip
Follow a fisherman's trail to a crystalline blue lake in the North Cascades. This is a bushwhack, so you will need route-finding experience and a map and compass, and you'll need to know how to use them.
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Hiking Trapper Lake
Trapper Lake
Map & Directions
Trailhead
Before You Go
A $26 backcountry permit is required to camp overnight in the North Cascades National Park Service Complex (incl. Ross Lake National Rec Area and Lake Chelan National Rec Area). Permits must be picked up in person at the Wilderness Information Center in Marblemount. See the National Park Service website for more information.
WTA Pro Tip: Save a copy of our directions before you leave! App-based driving directions aren't always accurate and data connections may be unreliable as you drive to the trailhead.
Getting There
From Chelan, take the Lady of the Lake ferry uplake to Stehekin (there are no roads that connect the city of Chelan to Stehekin).
Drive (or bus) up the Stehekin Valley Road for 4.5 miles to the junction with Company Creek Road at Harlequin Campground. Cross the bridge and arrive at Harlequin Campground. Hike from the campground down the Stehekin River Trail for 3 miles to a junction with Devore Creek trail.
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