Trails for everyone, forever

Home Go Hiking Trip Reports Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) Section J - Snoqualmie Pass to Stevens Pass

Trip Report

Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) Section J - Snoqualmie Pass to Stevens Pass — Thursday, Sep. 5, 2024

Snoqualmie Region > Snoqualmie Pass

We set out to do Section J, discovered that it was harder than we'd thought, and instead hiked the Pete Lake - Waptus Burn - Waptus Lake - Waptus Pass - Pete Lake loop. Blueberries were at their prime, as were the remarkable PCT through-hikers, all of them a week away from Canada.

We met three people who were doing Section J southbound; a man with industrial-strength eyeglasses, a woman who complimented our Black Lab, and a man with a satellite transponder on his pack strap. They left a large phone charger at a tarn on the ridge above Waptus Lake. If this is you - if you can identify the type of charger, give us your three names (only one of which I remember), and you're willing to pay the postage, I'll mail it back to you.

The tarn where we found the charger
Waptus Lake in a haze of smoke
Did you find this trip report helpful?

Comments