Washington hiking trails - Lester Trail, Northern Cascade Range, King County

   
  No chance of getting bored in Washington if you like nature. We all need to get out in the outdoors once in a while, and Lester Trail in King County, Washington is a really glorious site to spend some time. There are plenty of backpacking trails in Washington; each one of them is well worth a backcountry trek. Lester Trail is a mid-length wilderness hiking trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes it a fine great outdoors trail for experienced backcountry hikers in tremendous shape. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety
    restrictions in place. This trek shouldn't take more than 5.5 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. With its 6.6 miles of walking distance it's a mid length backcountry walk. Great backpacking trails in Washington are in
abundance, and one of these is Lester Trail in King County. This great outdoors hiking trail has only one trailhead, so you're looking at an in and out backcountry hike. During the long summer days, highs typically are in the 70's at Lester Trail, and during the night it cools down to the 40's. High temperatures during the wintertime are normally in the 40's, and overnight lows during the wintertime for Lester Trail tend to be in the 30's. Lester Trail is a quite wet location commonly with a large amount of rain; during the month of December you get  
the most rain around here, and July is the month with the least moisture. Some parts of Lester Trail are much higher up than other parts of the backcountry hiking trail which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the backcountry hiking trail. This is a long wilderness trail, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. This is a neighborhood covered with lots of great outdoors trails. Backcountry hiking trails like this one here in the Northern Cascade Range are a really great way to spend quality time in nature. When you're here in Washington backcountry hiking along one of its backpacking trails is something that is always fun to do. This great outdoors hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 3,791 feet, and that is higher than average. Because Lester Trail is very secluded from modern life, backcountry backpacking it is always cool.

Briefly about the general area:
Get yourself into a kayak and hit White River. You'll need more than a day to look at everything Lester Trail has to offer, you can camp at The Dalles Campground. Near Lester Trail you discover Green Canyon which is a tremendous place to have a look at. There's so much to do here at Lester Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Dry Creek Campground is a wonderful spot for that.
Yep, outdoors entertaining things truly is plentiful here in the Northern Cascade Range. Wolf Creek is a delightful site to visit, and get drenched paddling on Greenwater River. Champion Creek is a nice local stream.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 47.2013, Longitude -121.5412
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Total in and out hiking length = 6.6 miles

Total climbing distance = 2.6 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 5.5 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 3.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 3791 feet


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 Trails Near Lester Trail:
Divide Trail, King County County , 2 miles away, 9.7 hiking miles, 3406 feet elevation difference
Rock Creek Trail, King County County , 2 miles away, 4.4 hiking miles, 2923 feet elevation difference
Christoff Trail, King County County , 5 miles away,  3.8 hiking miles, 2615 feet elevation difference
Kelly Butte Trail, King County County , 5 miles away, 4.8 hiking miles, 4421 feet elevation difference
Twentyeight Mile Creek Trail, Pierce County County , 7 miles away, 9.3 hiking miles, 3558 feet elevation difference
Sawmill Ridge Trail, King County County , 8 miles away, 6.9 hiking miles, 4040 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Lester Trail:
The Dalles Campground, Pierce County, 4 miles away
Dry Creek Campground, Pierce County, 9 miles away
White River Campground, Pierce County, 14 miles away
Commonwealth Campground, King County, 15 miles away
Morse Creek Campground, Yakima County, 17 miles away
 Whitewater Near Lester Trail:
Greenwater River, Pierce/King County County , 3 miles away, Class II(IV) - 7.2 miles long (FR 7030 Bridge to Highway 410)
White River, Pierce County County , 6 miles away, Class III - 10 miles long (Silver Springs Campground to West Fork White)
White River, Pierce County County , 10 miles away, Class III - 13.5 miles long (West Fork to Bridge Camp)
Snoqualmie River - South Fork, King County County , 14 miles away, Class IV-V - 1.5 miles long (I-90 Exit 52 to Denny Creek Campground)
Pratt River, King County County , 14 miles away, Class IV - 6 miles long (Kaleetan Creek to Middle Fork Snoqualmie)
 National Parks Near Lester Trail:
Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford - WA , 36 miles away
 Hotels Near Lester Trail:
Salish Lodge And Spa, Snoqualmie , 24 miles away
Summit Lodge at Snoqualmie Pass, Snoqualmie Pass , 26 miles away
Kings Valu Inn, Enumclaw , 28 miles away
Econo Lodge Buckley, Buckley , 33 miles away
Holiday Inn Seattle-Issaquah, Wa, Issaquah , 38 miles away

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