Name: Heather Lake Trail
Rating: 4.4

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Features Birding · Fall Colors · Lake · River/Creek · Views · Wildflowers · Wildlife

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The trail is short, but it's steep and challenging enough to keep things interesting. The lake itself is a scenic little lake located on the northeastern slope of Mount Pilchuck that offers a perfect place to catch your breath.

Flora & Fauna

Vegetation becomes more interesting as you get further into the trail. There are large prickly leaves and bright red berries of devils club and fern understory.

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Land Manager: USFS - Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Office

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4.4 from 35 votes

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4.4 from 35 votes

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Heather Lake Loop (once you reach the top)

Aug 16, 2017 near Granite…, WA

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Feb 27, 2025

Erik Carlson

Jul 6, 2024

Grace Xu

Jun 1, 2024

Michael Lacher

Apr 20, 2024

John Eun

Last 0.4 mi was still covered in snow. The rest of the trail was fairly dry.

Oct 21, 2023

G C

Jun 29, 2023

Michael Young

Apr 28, 2023

Michael Young

Oct 1, 2022

Cameron Podd

Aug 7, 2022

Chandler Gardiner

Jul 2, 2022

Daniel Shapiro

Jun 11, 2022

Jonathan Zhu

12h 00m

Nov 20, 2021

Laura Neilson

Jul 5, 2021

TY Yin

Jun 29, 2021

Caroline Lowe

5.2mi — 3h 03m

May 22, 2021

Naresh G

Jan 19, 2021

Abby Hric

Nov 12, 2020

Maryna Holovanova

If you want to find some snow in November- this is the place to go! Microspikes is a good idea. a bit steep. Very rewarding in the end!

Sep 26, 2020

Daniel Coyne

Aug 22, 2020

Darby Vigus

Steep but doable. Bring snacks for the lake rest stop! 2.6mi — 4h 00m

Jul 26, 2020

Smith Zhu

Jul 4, 2020

Kimia Salmani

Jun 20, 2020

Vladimir Duk

5mi — 13h 00m

May 22, 2020

Josue Ramirez

Dec 29, 2019

Dan Hanus

Last hike of 2019!

Aug 29, 2019

Stephen Mylett

Aug 17, 2019

Michael Bautista

4mi — 4h 00m

Jul 31, 2019

Amber McKenzie

Jul 5, 2019

Raj Dhillon

2.6mi

Jun 16, 2019

Adam J

May 4, 2019

Zandria Roach

Mar 19, 2019

Ariana Stoll

3.8mi

Mar 16, 2019

Jay Rosencrantz

Feb 2, 2019

Adam Nelson

Dec 8, 2018

Al G

Sep 28, 2018

Aniket Dahotre

Jun 16, 2018

Christy C

Jun 11, 2018

Andrew Peters

May 4, 2018

Michael Bautista

There is a snow once I reach the 1.2miles, bring your sticks

May 1, 2018

John Shepard

Nov 5, 2017

Josh Rosen

Beautiful hike in the snow with a nice quiet loop around the lake at the top 7mi — 3h 45m

Sep 10, 2017

Nhoj Rudnab

2.6mi

Jul 23, 2017

Erickson Almeida

Jul 22, 2017

Thomas Bagley

Jul 7, 2017

Scott Lynch

Less crowded than 22 5mi

Jun 25, 2017

Cashmire Egan

4.6mi

Jun 23, 2017

Dylan Zimmerer

Jun 15, 2017

Genna Olson

Jun 4, 2017

Irving Bernal

May 29, 2017

Jordan Renaud

Really fun hike, the lake is well worth it and easy to get around 3.8mi

May 14, 2017

Ellen Dahill Govan

Great Mother's Day hike---snow on trail about 1/4 mile before lake. Very wet day. Lots of cascade falls coming off the cliffs.

Mar 31, 2017

Kyle Woltzen

Jan 20, 2017

Erin Arendse

Gorgeous hike! Talked to a fellow hike who reported small avalanches near the lake. Would recommend. 4mi — 2h 00m

Nov 25, 2016

Heather Boetto

Doubled back to help emergency. RIP Jarrett 6.6mi

Nov 22, 2016

Elliott Bjarne

Sep 10, 2016

Oksana Khesin

2 mi one end, total 4 mi. Have to be careful on the trail, lots of rocks, tree roots and running water. Lake is beautiful, very clear water.

Sep 9, 2016

Oksana Khesin

Nice moderate difficulty hike. 5mi

Jul 17, 2016

Stacy Bernash

May 20, 2016

Marko Hlibchuk

Apr 13, 2016

Andrew Parise

Apr 9, 2016

Greg Gausewitz

Mar 11, 2016

Jason Lee

Apr 18, 2015

Jo Ann Coker

Yarrow 4.6mi

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Heather Lake Trail

“A relatively easy trail leading to a beautiful mountain lake. ”

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