Hiking Guide
WTA's hiking guide is the most comprehensive database of hikes in Washington, and comprises content written by local hiking experts and user submitted information. All data is vetted by WTA staff. This resource is made possible by the donations of WTA members.
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4036 HikesBeacon Rock State Park - Hardy and Rodney Falls
Southwest Washington > Columbia River Gorge - WA
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Length
- 3.5 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 1,200 feet
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Highest Point
- 1,648 feet
If the long, rocky loop around the summit of Hamilton Mountain is too much, don't despair. There are alternative hikes in the area, and the trail to the twin cascades of Hardy and Rodney Falls is hands down the best option.
Millersylvania State Park
Olympic Peninsula > Olympia
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Length
- 6.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 105 feet
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Highest Point
- 395 feet
Millersylvania State Park sports camping, boating and more than eight miles of hiking trails. The trails zigzag all around, so visitors can construct a loop of up to five miles, and add some side trips on. The huge old growth cedar and fir, easy accessibility to I-5 and excellent opportunity for a pleasant walk in the woods make this an attractive place to hike, especially in winter.
Beacon Rock State Park - Beacon Rock
Southwest Washington > Columbia River Gorge - WA
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Length
- 2.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 600 feet
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Highest Point
- 848 feet
Beacon Rock's native name is "Che-Che-op-tin," which translates to "the navel of the world." Native Americans weren't far off in their comparison, since the 848-foot basalt column once formed the core, or belly, of an ancient volcano.
Oyster Dome
Puget Sound and Islands > Bellingham Area
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Length
- 5.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 1,050 feet
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Highest Point
- 2,025 feet
Oyster Dome is a rocky promontory on the western slope of Blanchard Mountain, the grandest member of the Chuckanut Mountain range, an extension of the Cascades that rises directly from the ocean. The sheer cliffs of Oyster Dome offer year-round access to commanding views of the San Juans, Skagit River flats, Olympic Mountains, and Samish Bay.
North Fork Chiwaukum River
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East
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Length
- 12.4 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 2,000 feet
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Highest Point
- 6,400 feet
Historically, this trail provided good access for the landscape west of the popular Enchantments area. However, a lack of trail maintenance and winter storm damage has rendered the route almost unhikeable.
Soos Creek Trail
Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area
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Length
- 12.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 85 feet
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Highest Point
- 400 feet
This multi-use trail travels through a greenbelt in the Kent East Hill area, meandering over gentle hills through forests and wetlands. A year-round escape without the drive.
Mount Daniel
Snoqualmie Region > Salmon La Sac/Teanaway
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Length
- 15.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 4,600 feet
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Highest Point
- 7,986 feet
Mount Daniel is the highest peak in both King and Kittitas Counties, and at nearly 8000 feet, it’s a popular scramble. However, caution should be taken. Maintained trails end miles before reaching the summit. The remaining distance is broken into class 2 and 3 sections with significant exposure. Route finding skills, climbing etiquette, and possibly snow travel experience are required for a safe journey.
Taylor Mountain
Issaquah Alps
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Length
- 30.0 miles of trails
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Elevation Gain
- 550 feet
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Highest Point
- 1,100 feet
Some trails in the trail system may not be accessible between October 15 - April 15 due to seasonal closures.
Road K Trail is closed from 12/27/23 - 2/1/24 due to construction.
The extensive trail system at Taylor Mountain Forest is used by equestrians, hikers, and mountain bikers. This working forest is intended to demonstrate environmentally sound forest management, protect and restore ecological systems and provide passive recreational opportunities. Taylor Mountain is dominated by mature red alder trees. Trail users will see recent efforts to convert some of the forests from red alder to conifers.
Echo Ridge
Central Cascades > Entiat Mountains/Lake Chelan
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Length
- 15.0 miles of trails
Designed for cross-country skiing, Echo Ridge also offers routes for mountain biking, family hiking, and horse use. Recreation enthusiasts are greeted with a variety of loop trails with spectacular views of Lake Chelan, the Enchantments, Pyramid Peak and Okanogan Highlands.
Chikamin Tie ORV
Central Cascades > Entiat Mountains/Lake Chelan
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Length
- 7.2 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 1,900 feet
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Highest Point
- 6,230 feet
Chiwawa River Road is closed for the winter season at the Fish Lake Sno-Park.
This multi-use trail offers hikers and bikers alike sweeping views of Chikamin Ridge and peaks nearby starting right from the road to the trailhead.
Phelps Creek
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - West
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Length
- 7.2 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 3,500 feet
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Highest Point
- 5,500 feet
Chiwawa River Road is closed for the winter season at the Fish Lake Sno-Park.
Phelps Creek Trail offers relatively easy access to the remote Glacier Peak Wilderness, particularly Spider Meadows and the larch-ridden Carne Mountain.
Mount Maude
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East
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Length
- 7.0 miles, one-way
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Elevation Gain
- 5,400 feet
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Highest Point
- 9,040 feet
Chiwawa River Road is closed for the winter season at the Fish Lake Sno-Park.
A summit of a mountain in the central Cascades, accessible from Holden Village or the Phelps Creek trailhead.
Basalt Peak via Basalt Pass
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East
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Length
- 5.2 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 2,200 feet
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Highest Point
- 6,000 feet
Chiwawa River Road is closed for the winter season at the Fish Lake Sno-Park.
If you’re willing to take on the short but steep Basalt Pass trail and commit to some more climbing even after that, you’ll be rewarded with 360-degree views of the Entiat Mountains and the nearby Henry M. Jackson and Glacier Peak Wildernesses.
Spider Gap
Central Cascades > Entiat Mountains/Lake Chelan
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Length
- 1.2 miles, one-way
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Elevation Gain
- 1,650 feet
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Highest Point
- 7,040 feet
Chiwawa River Road is closed for the winter season at the Fish Lake Sno-Park.
Spider Gap is the pass in the ridge between Spider Meadow and Lyman Lakes. Start out on the Phelps Creek Trail to its end in Spider Meadow. The Spider Gap Trail climbs steeply from here for 1.2 miles, topping out at the ridge and connecting to the Lyman Lakes Trail.
Ice Creek - Ice Lakes
Central Cascades > Entiat Mountains/Lake Chelan
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Length
- 28.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 4,200 feet
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Highest Point
- 6,900 feet
Chiwawa River Road is closed for the winter season at the Fish Lake Sno-Park.
A beautiful multi-day hike through ponderosa pines to a high altitude basin. Enjoy lakes, waterfalls, larches, and solitude with the possibility of a top out of 9,060 foot Mount Maude.
Carne Mountain
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East
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Length
- 7.3 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 3,600 feet
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Highest Point
- 7,085 feet
Chiwawa River Road is closed for the winter season at the Fish Lake Sno-Park.
Carne Mountain is a challenging, yet rewarding hike to the brilliant gold colors of the western larches. Against a backdrop of blue autumn sky and indigo mountains, they are a dazzling sight.
Basalt Pass
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East
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Length
- 2.2 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 1,250 feet
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Highest Point
- 5,200 feet
Chiwawa River Road is closed for the winter season at the Fish Lake Sno-Park.
Get ready for a butt-kicker! You’ll be climbing over 1,200 feet in a mile, but it’s a great entry point to a larger trail network that can take you to Garland Peak, Rock Creek, Basalt Peak and more.
Rock Creek
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East
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Length
- 18.8 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 4,300 feet
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Highest Point
- 5,120 feet
Chiwawa River Road is closed for the winter season at the Fish Lake Sno-Park.
If you’re prepared to do some bushwhacking and trail-finding, this trail offers winding forest trails, sweeping mountain views and solitude.
Little Giant Pass
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East
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Length
- 10.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 4,000 feet
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Highest Point
- 6,409 feet
Chiwawa River Road is closed for the winter season at the Fish Lake Sno-Park.
Little Giant Pass is home to one of the finest views in Washington State: the sight of the Napeequa River, winding its lazy way through the perfect U-shaped valley left by receding glaciers that cling wearily to the surrounding heights and feed the silver ribbon beneath your feet. It is a rare prize, this view, locked away at the end of a long, 4,000-foot climb that is itself guarded most of the year by an icy river crossing.
Leroy Creek High Route
Central Cascades
Chiwawa River Road is closed for the winter season at the Fish Lake Sno-Park.
A tough route through spectacular scenery.
High Pass
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East
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Length
- 26.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 4,500 feet
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Highest Point
- 7,100 feet
Chiwawa River Road is closed for the winter season at the Fish Lake Sno-Park.
Channel your inner mountain goat on this steep hike to aptly-named High Pass, and bask in glorious views of Glacier Peak and the surrounding mountainscape.
Estes Butte
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East
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Length
- 8.4 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 2,900 feet
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Highest Point
- 5,400 feet
Chiwawa River Road is closed for the winter season at the Fish Lake Sno-Park.
This is a relativity little-used trail that offers great views down into the Chiwawa Valley with a backdrop of the Chiwawa Ridge and the Entiat Range from a former lookout site. Follow it through a forest of Douglas-fir, grand fir, Western hemlock and several species of pines and big leaf maple. This is a very dry trail with a southwest exposure so bring plenty of water with you.
Chiwawa River
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East
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Length
- 12.6 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 2,100 feet
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Highest Point
- 4,800 feet
Chiwawa River Road is closed for the winter season at the Fish Lake Sno-Park.
The Chiwawa River Trail offers hikers the rugged scenery that's the signature of the Glacier Peak Wilderness but for less effort than other hikes nearby. Try this trail to enjoy solitude while basking in sublime mountain scenery.
Buck Creek Pass
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East
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Length
- 19.2 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 3,770 feet
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Highest Point
- 6,000 feet
Chiwawa River Road is closed for the winter season at the Fish Lake Sno-Park.
Glacier Peak Wilderness, northwest of Lake Wenatchee. You can barely see Glacier Peak from the westside of the Cascades. Not so from the Buck Creek Trail - where it looms over you like a white monolith. Add to that fields of late summer flowers and a pleasant afternoon breeze and you may be close to rapture.
Spider Gap - Buck Creek Pass Loop
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East
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Length
- 34.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 7,650 feet
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Highest Point
- 7,100 feet
Chiwawa River Road is closed for the winter season at the Fish Lake Sno-Park.
Take a long weekend and enjoy some of the best backcountry in the state on this long loop hike. Along the way, you'll see massive wildflower meadows, glaciers, alpine lakes, high mountain passes and supreme views of Glacier Peak.
Schaefer Lake
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East
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Length
- 9.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 3,200 feet
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Highest Point
- 5,195 feet
Chiwawa River Road is closed for the winter season at the Fish Lake Sno-Park.
Schaefer Lake is a good-sized alpine lake surrounded by the peaks of the Chiwawa Ridge. The trail is easy to access via a good road. This trail is lightly traveled; you will likely not see many other people even at the height of the season.
Basalt Ridge
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East
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Length
- 17.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 4,900 feet
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Highest Point
- 7,400 feet
Chiwawa River Road is closed for the winter season at the Fish Lake Sno-Park.
The Basalt Ridge trail offers hikers a path to Basalt Peak and Garland Peak.
Goat Mountain
North Cascades > Mount Baker Area
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Length
- 8.2 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 3,100 feet
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Highest Point
- 5,600 feet
From the top, you’ll marvel at vistas of icy peaks including Mounts Baker, Shuksan and Sefrit. Big alpine meadows with plenty of huckleberries in the fall!
Union Peak
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - West
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Elevation Gain
- 1,096 feet
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Highest Point
- 5,696 feet
Located in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Union Peak is a popular summit in the winter months. Skiers skin up to the summit, enjoying untouched powder for months, even after ski season is over.
Rampart Ridge Loop
Mount Rainier Area > SW - Longmire/Paradise
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Length
- 4.5 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 1,300 feet
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Highest Point
- 4,080 feet
This short loop out of Longmire makes for a great, quick way to get some elevation gain, some forest views, and a fantastic vista of Mount Rainier, all in less than five miles!