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| | Washington is an excellent outdoors state. You can't spend all your time indoors you need to get out once in a while, and Glacier Lake Trail in Lewis County, Washington is a really good location to spend some time. There are many brilliant backcountry hiking trails in Washington, and among these are Glacier Lake Trail in Lewis County. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in spot. With its 3.2 miles of walking distance it's shorter than many wilderness hiking trails. Glacier Lake Trail stays roughly within the same elevation |
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zone the whole time which means the conditions are about the same from start to finish. The time needed for this hike is roughly 3 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. The total elevation difference for this wilderness
| | trail is 974 feet which is a lower than average number. Glacier Lake Trail is on the short side with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it a glorious trail for the average person looking for a glorious adventure. There are so many trails in this region. Each one of the many backcountry hiking trails of Washington has its own character. Glacier Lake Trail is a quite wet spot typically with much precipitation; the month of January is the wettest with most of the snow, and the driest of the months is July. This is a one trailhead wilderness | |
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trail, so you're looking at an in and out backcountry trek. Even though this is not a very long backcountry trail it's always glorious to bring some emergency supplies, you never know what could happen. Backpacking and hiking trails like this one here in the Northern Cascade Range
are an excellent way to explore these mountains. Glacier Lake Trail is a long drive away from Hood River, but backcountry trekking along this backpacking and hiking trail is very amusing. Through the warm months, highs regularly are in the 70's at Glacier Lake Trail. Summer overnight
lows descend down to the 40's. During the winter the highs are typically in the 30's, and through the dark hours in the winter at Glacier Lake Trail temperatures descend to the 20's. Backcountry backpacking in Washington never gets boring.
Briefly about the general area:
Deception Creek is right next door to Glacier Lake Trail and is always a joy to pop by, and Cowlitz River has a perfect whitewater paddling spot nearby.
Take a little journey to Glacier Creek if you're here at Glacier Lake Trail; you can stay the night at Packwood RV Park and
Campground. That right there is a lot of cool things already but it goes on, the Northern Cascade Range has it all. Glacier Lake Trail is a wonderful spot to visit for more than one day, River Bar Campground is a wonderful spot to camp nearby; if you don’t have a problem getting drenched, you can always go whitewater paddling on Johnson Creek.
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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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More Hotels and Campgrounds Near Glacier Lake Trail, Northern Cascade Range, Lewis County, Washington
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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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Howard Johnson Snoqualmie/Summit, Snoqualmie Pass
, 44 miles away |
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