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| | Wilderness hiking trails for backcountry trekking, and backpacking can be found all over Washington; among these are Glacier Lake Trail in Lewis County. You'll must go far from Hood River to get to Glacier Lake Trail, but it sure is a a glorious trail. This part of Washington has a perfect deal of available outdoors pursuits. With its 3.2 miles of walking distance it's a shorter type backcountry hike. Every single Washington great outdoors trail is well worth a backcountry trek. Going for a backcountry trek here in Washington is a tremendous way to |
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spend some time. Ok, you've been cooped up too long, time to get out in the fresh air a bit, and Glacier Lake Trail in Lewis County, Washington is just what you need. Glacier Lake Trail gets lots of water; January is the wettest month with most snow while July is regularly the
| | driest month. Glacier Lake Trail is not that long but it's always great to bring some emergency supplies, you never know what could happen. Through the summertime months at Glacier Lake Trail temperatures are commonly in the 70's, and through summer nights temperatures are in the 40's. The wintertime brings highs down to the 30's while the cold winter nights at Glacier Lake Trail are in the 20's. Glacier Lake Trail stays roughly within the same elevation zone the whole time, so you get pretty much the same conditions along the whole hiking and backpacking | |
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trail. There is only one trailhead, so in and out is the way to trek it normally. You should count on this hike taking about 3 hours, but of course some folks walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. These great outdoors hiking trails here in the Northern Cascade Range are the
best way to enjoy these summits. Glacier Lake Trail has a total elevation difference of 974 feet which is lower than average. This great outdoors hiking trail is a very short great outdoors hiking trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it a perfect hiking
trail for the average person looking for a perfect adventure. This is just one of a large number of hiking trails in this neighborhood. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping.
Briefly about the general area:
All the outdoors amusing things in the Northern
Cascade Range will keep you coming back persistently. A tremendous place to camp here at Glacier Lake Trail is River Bar Campground, and as expected Deception Creek flows through this area.
Johnson Creek is a wonderful whitewater spot next to Glacier Lake Trail, and camping
is available at Packwood RV Park and Campground. In case you don’t mind getting covered with water, you can always go whitewater paddling on Cowlitz River; there's some flowing water close by, Glacier Creek is a stream you can explore while here.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 46.5443, Longitude -121.6201
- - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 3.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.3 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
3 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
2 hours
Total elevation difference: 974 feet
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Current weather conditions at Glacier Lake Trail, Northern Cascade Range, Lewis County, Washington
Local climate location: LONGMIRE RAINIER NPS 9 miles away
      
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| These outdoors activities are available near Glacier Lake Trail. |
| | Trails Near Glacier Lake Trail:
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Five Thousand Thirty Trail, Lewis County
County
, 2 miles away, 4.2 hiking miles, 897 feet elevation difference |
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Packwood Lake Trail, Lewis County
County
, 3 miles away, 11.4 hiking miles, 384 feet elevation difference |
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Angry Mountain Trail, Lewis County
County
, 3 miles away, 14.4 hiking miles, 3575 feet elevation difference |
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South Point Trail, Lewis County
County
, 4 miles away, 6.4 hiking miles, 3402 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near Glacier Lake Trail:
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Johnson Creek, Lewis County
County
, 4 miles away, Class V - 7.7 miles long (Glacier Creek to Highway 12) |
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Cowlitz River, Lewis County
County
, 5 miles away, Class II - 7.6 miles long (La Wis Wis Campground to Packwood) |
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Cowlitz River - Clear Fork, Lewis County
County
, 7 miles away, Class V+ - 5 miles long (Lava Creek to La Wis Wis Campground) |
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Cowlitz River - Muddy Fork, Lewis County
County
, 8 miles away, Class V - 5 miles long (to Cowlitz River) |
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Ohanepecosh River, Lewis County
County
, 8 miles away, Class V - 4.7 miles long (Ohanepecosh Campground to La Wis Wis Campground) |
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| | Hotels Near Glacier Lake Trail:
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Kings Valu Inn, Enumclaw
, 40 miles away |
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Comfort Suites Hood River, Hood River
, 40 miles away |
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Best Western Hood River Inn, Hood River
, 40 miles away |
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Econo Lodge Buckley, Buckley
, 42 miles away |
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Skamania Lodge, Stevenson
, 46 miles away |
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