Washington hiking trails - Glacier Ridge Trail, Northern Cascade Range, Snohomish County

   
  Every Washington hiking trail has its own unique splendor. Washington is a splendid outdoors state. Washington has plenty of tremendous hiking trails; Glacier Ridge Trail in Snohomish County is one of them. Summertime highs at Glacier Ridge Trail regularly tend to be in the 70's. Summer overnight lows plunge down to the 50's. The winter comes with highs in the 40's with winter lows in the 20's overnight here at Glacier Ridge Trail. Here in Washington backcountry backpacking is the tremendous thing to do. Of course, this is an overnight hike, 2 days normally,
    so better have big backpack to fit all the stuff you need. Glacier Ridge Trail is a reasonably wet place generally with much rainfall; most of the rain falls during November, and the driest month of the year is July. This is a region covered with lots of wilderness trails. Backcountry
backpacking here in the Northern Cascade Range is a really good way to spend quality time in the great outdoors. Gotta get out of the town man, and Glacier Ridge Trail in Snohomish County, Washington is a really tremendous place to spend some time. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. Glacier Ridge Trail is a one trailhead backcountry hiking trail, so you're looking at an in and out backcountry hike. Because Glacier Ridge Trail is very isolated from society, many folks like to walk here to be in close proximity  
to nature. This is a wilderness hiking trail that is quite long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. This backcountry hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 3,891 feet which is higher than average. Different parts of this great outdoors hiking trail are at very different elevations, and that means that some parts of the great outdoors hiking trail could be very different from other parts of it. Glacier Ridge Trail is many miles long having an average number of uphill miles which makes this a very tough wilderness trail for advanced hikers looking for a great challenge. Being 14.2 miles long; it's considered a longer backcountry hike.

Briefly about the general area:
Be careful coming to the Northern Cascade Range, you might not ever wanna go back home again. Yeah, come up here to the Northern Cascade Range for a tremendous time. If you came for an overnight stay Owl Creek Campground is a great location to camp, and Fire Creek Pass is a nice place to visit.
Some close by water includes Glacier Creek, and Buckeye Basin is right here at Glacier Ridge Trail. Paddling on Sloan Creek is so much fun; Fourteenmile Creek is one of the streams nearby that might be worth taking a look at. So many amusing things close to Glacier Ridge Trail, definitely astonishing. It's always fine to go to Sulphur Hot Springs, and Downey Creek has a good whitewater paddling spot close by.
Sulphur Creek Campground is a great local campground, and Green Mountain Pasture is a glorious place here at Glacier Ridge Trail.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 48.1556, Longitude -121.2665
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Total in and out hiking length = 14.2 miles

Total climbing distance = 5.8 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 2 days

Fast Hiking Pace: 8 hours

Total elevation difference: 3891 feet


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 Trails Near Glacier Ridge Trail:
Fire Creek Trail, Snohomish County County , 0 miles away,  23.2 hiking miles, 4244 feet elevation difference
Kennedy Ridge Trail, Snohomish County County , 0 miles away,  18.8 hiking miles, 3975 feet elevation difference
Fire Creek Way, Snohomish County County , 1 miles away,  9.2 hiking miles, 1437 feet elevation difference
Camp Creek Ridge Trail, Snohomish County County , 2 miles away,  9 hiking miles, 4047 feet elevation difference
Meadow Mountain Trail, Snohomish County County , 3 miles away, 13.4 hiking miles, 4096 feet elevation difference
Lost Creek Ridge Trail, Snohomish County County , 4 miles away,  20.6 hiking miles, 4949 feet elevation difference
Sulphur Mountain Way, Snohomish County County , 6 miles away,  3.8 hiking miles, 4270 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Glacier Ridge Trail:
Owl Creek Campground, Snohomish County, 4 miles away
Sulphur Creek Campground, Snohomish County, 5 miles away
Downey Creek Campground, Snohomish County, 6 miles away
Sloan Creek Campground, Snohomish County, 6 miles away
East Side Buck Creek Campground, Snohomish County, 10 miles away
 Whitewater Near Glacier Ridge Trail:
Downey Creek, Snohomish County County , 6 miles away, Class III-IV - 1 miles long (Downey Creek trail to Suiattle River)
Sloan Creek, Snohomish County County , 7 miles away, Class IV-V - 1 miles long (to National Forest Sauk)
Suiattle River, Snohomish/Skagit County County , 8 miles away, Class III+ - 16 miles long (Sulphur Creek to Rat Trap Bridge)
Sauk River - North Fork, Snohomish County County , 10 miles away, Class IV+ - 1.5 miles long (Above North Fork Falls)
Skykomish River - North Fork, Snohomish County County , 13 miles away, Class II-V - 10 miles long (Jackson Wilderness to Bear Creek)
 National Parks Near Glacier Ridge Trail:
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, Sedro-Woolley - WA , 69 miles away
North Cascades National Park, Sedro-Woolley - WA , 69 miles away
Ross Lake National Recreation Area, Sedro-Woolley - WA , 69 miles away
 Hotels Near Glacier Ridge Trail:
Best Western Icicle Inn, Leavenworth , 45 miles away
Quality Inn & Suites, Leavenworth , 45 miles away
Howard Johnson Express Inn - Leavenworth, Leavenworth , 45 miles away
Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum , 45 miles away
Bavarian Ritz, Leavenworth , 45 miles away

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