Washington hiking trails - Icicle Trail, Northern Cascade Range, Chelan County

   
  Washington has lots of outdoors endeavors. Put on your trekking shoes, and hit the wilderness hiking trail, Icicle Trail in Chelan County, Washington is just what you need. Pretty far from Ellensburg you find Icicle Trail, but it sure is a a perfect wilderness hiking trail. Each one of the many hiking trails of Washington has its own unique beauty. This is an area covered with lots of great outdoors hiking trails. Being 65.4 miles long; it's a long backpacking trail. Through the warm months highs here at Icicle Trail get into the 60's. Once the sun is
    down it descends down to the 40's. For the duration of the winter the highs are typically in the 20's, and throughout the dark hours in the winter at Icicle Trail temperatures descend to the 10's. Going for a backcountry trek here in Washington is the pleasant thing to do. This
backpacking trail goes through some very different elevations, and that means that some parts of the backpacking trail could be very different from other parts of it. Icicle Trail gets a good deal of water; January is when you get the most snow here; the driest of the months is July. Icicle Trail is many miles long with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it a splendid great outdoors hiking trail for experienced hikers in pleasant shape. Icicle Trail is quite long, so don't forget to pack enough supplies. Washington has plenty of pleasant  
hiking trails, and Icicle Trail is one of them, and it's in Chelan County. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in place. Icicle Trail is a two ended backcountry hiking trail with two trailheads, so if you can get a ride from someone, you can backcountry walk it just one way. Icicle Trail has a total elevation difference of 7,313 feet which is higher than average. This trek should take you about 10 days, so better have big backpack to fit all the stuff you need. These great outdoors trails here in the Northern Cascade Range are a really splendid way to spend quality time in the great outdoors.

Briefly about the general area:
The trees of Leavenworth Ranger District are a wonderful source of shade on hot summer days; let's not forget Big Slide Creek which is a stream that you may encounter while here. Any time is a perfect time at Icicle Trail if you adore the outdoors. While you're here at Icicle Trail it's a great idea to have a look at Ewing Basin; if you're here, do take a visit to Lake Lorraine Point.
Ladies Pass is a wonderful place to have a look at close by; Drury Falls is a perfect local attraction. This site, the Northern Cascade Range, has so much outdoors cool stuff. Camping at Icicle Trail is fine fun, Ida Creek Campground is a fine local campground; Soda Spring is always fun to check out.
So many fun things to do in the Northern Cascade Range, not enough time. You ought to unquestionably dedicate some time to Timothy Meadow if you're here at Icicle Trail, and if you come at the right time of year, Icicle Creek offers some delightful whitewater. Icicle Trail is a brilliant place to camp, Johnny Creek Campground is a brilliant place, and Bob Creek is one of the streams nearby that might be worth taking a look at.

Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 47.568, Longitude -120.6793
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Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 47.6117, Longitude -120.9499
- - Directions and Road Map


Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 32.7 miles
Total climbing distance = 16.9 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 5 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 3 days

Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 32.7 miles
Total climbing distance = 14.7 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 5 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 2.5 days
    Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 65.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 31.6 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 10 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 6.5 days

Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 65.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 31.6 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 10 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 6.5 days

Total elevation difference: 7313 feet


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 Trails Near Icicle Trail:
Snow Lakes Trail, Chelan County County , 9 miles away, 4.2 hiking miles, 3981 feet elevation difference
County Line Trail, Chelan County County , 9 miles away, 0.6 hiking miles, 455 feet elevation difference
Miller Peak Trail, Kittitas County County , 12 miles away,  4 hiking miles, 2765 feet elevation difference
Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail, Kittitas County County , 19 miles away,  10.4 hiking miles, 4410 feet elevation difference
Lake Michael Trail, Kittitas County County , 19 miles away,  20 hiking miles, 2568 feet elevation difference
Davis Peak Lookout Trail, Kittitas County County , 19 miles away,  7.4 hiking miles, 4439 feet elevation difference
Sasse Mountain Trail, Kittitas County County , 20 miles away, 12 hiking miles, 4012 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Icicle Trail:
Ida Creek Campground, Chelan County, 1 miles away
Johnny Creek Campground, Chelan County, 2 miles away
Bridge Creek Campground, Chelan County, 4 miles away
Eightmile Lake Campground, Chelan County, 5 miles away
Rock Island Campground, Chelan County, 6 miles away
 Whitewater Near Icicle Trail:
Icicle Creek, Chelan County County , 3 miles away, Class II-III+(V) - 3.5 miles long (Rock Island Campground to Ida Creek)
Icicle Creek, Chelan County County , 5 miles away, Class IV-V(V+) - 9 miles long (Ida Creek to Snow Creek trailhead)
Nason River, -blank- County County , 8 miles away, Class II-III - 4 miles long (Merritt to Coles Corner)
Wenatchee River, Chelan County County , 9 miles away, Class V - 7.5 miles long (Tumwater Campground to Leavenworth)
Wenatchee River, Chelan County County , 10 miles away, Class II - 16.5 miles long (Lake Wenatchee State Park to Tumwater Campground)
 Hotels Near Icicle Trail:
Aspen Suites at The Icicle Village Resort, Leavenworth , 9 miles away
Best Western Icicle Inn, Leavenworth , 11 miles away
Quality Inn & Suites, Leavenworth , 11 miles away
Howard Johnson Express Inn - Leavenworth, Leavenworth , 12 miles away
Bavarian Ritz Hotel, Leavenworth , 12 miles away
 Lakes Near Icicle Trail
Lake Augusta, Chelan County , 2 miles away
Carter Lake, Chelan County , 2 miles away

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