Jackpot Lake Trailhead to Saint John Lake via the Klickitat Trail. The trail is overgrown in places, bushwacking through berries and climbing over trees but doable for both a 10 and 12 years old. Shaded the entire way and nice tread. Trail can be a little hard to find due to lack of use but look up for orange or pink ribbon on trees to located your next steps. 6.25 miles and elevation gain/loss was minimal. Saint John Lake had a small camp site suitable for two or maybe three small tents. The water was warm and kids enjoyed swimming. Great peek a boo views of Rainier, Adams, Saint Helens, and Hood. We scrambled and located the Sanctuary Arch (WOW!). We didn't see anyone else until we got back to our truck.
Trip Report
Klickitat Trail — Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020
South Cascades > White Pass/Cowlitz River Valley
Type of Hike
OvernightTrail Conditions
Obstacles on trail:Trees down across trail,
Overgrown in places.
Comments
Olywa on Klickitat Trail
Is there a spring with water flowing into Saint John Lake?
The much rumored Sanctuary Arch? Cool.
Posted by:
Olywa on Oct 16, 2020 11:07 PM
mrsweatherley on Klickitat Trail
I don’t think so. We didn’t get all the w around the lake but it looked like it was just winter runoff/melt.
The arch was cool. A little harrowing because I had two kids with me but amazing. It took us the better part of a two hour search and scramble but it’s there!
Posted by:
mrsweatherley on Oct 17, 2020 07:37 PM