Name: Snow Lake Trail
Rating: 4.3

Weather

Current Trail Conditions

Unknown

Update Conditions See History

Add Your Check-In

Check-Ins

Jan 23, 2025

nic sev

prev did a few times

Aug 10, 2024

John Eun

Jun 5, 2024

Aldous William Eaton

Oct 9, 2023

Brian Brendel

Sep 22, 2023

John Eun

Camped at Snow Lake. No campsite taken as of noon on a Friday.

Sep 7, 2023

Michael Young

Aug 13, 2023

Sungyeal Kim

3.3mi

Jun 26, 2023

Aldous William Eaton

Jun 24, 2023

Emma M

Went with interns!! Didn't go to lake because snow was slippery

Jul 10, 2022

gNarBog

Was snowy still, actually kept going to Gem lake. Was also snowy. 3.3mi — 0h 55m

Jul 2, 2022

Private User

Jul 24, 2021

Naresh G

Jul 11, 2021

Joe Smith

pretty dicey rocks and snow, otherwise not challenging. lake views are great, water was 47 degrees 6.6mi — 5h 00m

Nov 21, 2020

Nick Kushner

Nov 1, 2020

Ryan W

Oct 14, 2020

Teresa Tung

Sep 5, 2020

Monica Thorne

Aug 23, 2020

Anna Cunningham

Aug 23, 2020

Tomiyasu Shigeyama

Aug 7, 2020

Michelle Plumb

7.4mi — 7h 31m

Aug 2, 2020

Alex Huyen

7.2mi — 4h 30m

Jul 26, 2020

Smith Zhu

Jul 3, 2020

Brian Dodd

Just to the saddle. Switchbacks down were slippery with snow, so we chose to stop at the top. Extremely crowded...hundreds of people. 5mi — 3h 10m

Jul 1, 2020

Jessica Brent

Still quite a bit of snow, lake is thawing. Pretty muddy. 5mi — 2h 30m

Apr 26, 2020

Kenzie Richards

So pretty but absolutely COVERED in snow :) — 1h 30m

Dec 7, 2019

Tony Sim

8h 00m

Nov 3, 2019

Brian Burke

Nov 2, 2019

Tomomi Galeano

Oct 13, 2019

Joey Altchech

Sep 15, 2019

Ellie Sveum

Sep 14, 2019

Venkat R Gandlapathi

Sep 6, 2019

Leah Stoffel

Sep 4, 2019

Courtney E

A little rocky but not too tough a hike with a beautiful alpine lake at the top! Dog friendly trail so lots of good pups too.

Sep 2, 2019

Julie McComish

Went about halfway to Gem Lake. Hiked with Katrina. Super crowded. A lot of scrambling on rocks. 7.2mi

Sep 1, 2019

B D

Aug 25, 2019

Wenmei Dong

Aug 19, 2019

Wenyu Wang

Nora the hiker 7.4mi — 4h 30m

Aug 19, 2019

Dottie Calamaras-Marsh

Aug 13, 2019

A S

Good views along the way, leading to a great view at the ridge and wonderful, fleet lake at the end

Aug 9, 2019

Lori R

beautiful, just did a one nighter (Aug 9-10, 2019) foggy, got rained on over night, passed 180 people going in as we were coming out

Aug 3, 2019

T O

7.5mi — 3h 13m

Jul 31, 2019

Phil McLain

Jul 30, 2019

Krista Oppie

Jul 30, 2019

Katie Luz

6.3mi — 3h 00m

Jul 13, 2019

Shun Kanazawa

Jul 12, 2019

Dan Hanus

friday afternoon hiking...

Jul 11, 2019

Erin Q

6.9mi

Jul 4, 2019

Tyler Rye

Jul 3, 2019

Elias Mueggler

Jun 23, 2019

Frank Zhang

Jun 22, 2019

Bill Rob

Easy enough

Jun 15, 2019

Jack G

Jun 2, 2019

Avery White

6mi

Jun 2, 2019

Beth N

3.3mi

May 23, 2019

George Gonzalez

At trailhead

Mar 23, 2019

Lauren Bochenko

Mar 2, 2019

Julien Naegeli

Snowshoed to Snow Lake, passing Source Lake on the way.

Dec 1, 2018

James Mahoney

Dec 1, 2018

Private User

Nov 10, 2018

Bryan Petersen

Nov 3, 2018

Lindsay Walker

Oct 21, 2018

Pieter Ribbens

7.3mi

Oct 21, 2018

Atanas Malamov

7.4mi

Oct 19, 2018

Erin Kinney

8mi

Oct 6, 2018

Bethany V

Sep 29, 2018

kays bird

Sep 29, 2018

Julien Naegeli

Sep 26, 2018

Ryan Beans

6.6mi

Sep 20, 2018

J P

Great trail gorgeous lake easy hike! 6.6mi

Sep 9, 2018

Hannah

Rocky and good 6mi

Sep 6, 2018

Steve Latimer

Lot prettier when sunny! Lucy swimming in beautiful clear water.

Sep 3, 2018

Steven Cramer

Sep 2, 2018

Vladimir Duk

7mi

Aug 26, 2018

Steve Latimer

Hasn’t rained in forever-until today. Sally, Sam, Carol and Lucy on hike with me. Couldn’t see Lake from top! 4mi

Aug 20, 2018

dushani Taleyratne

Aug 17, 2018

Ken Powers

6.9mi

Aug 12, 2018

Vijay Goyal

7 am start, spent an hour at lake and return by noon

Jul 28, 2018

Sebas S

Jul 22, 2018

Steven Fricke

Jul 13, 2018

Sue P

Great views, easy start but gets to be a little steep once you hit the switch backs. Take your time on the rocky fields.

Jul 7, 2018

Bradford Novy

Dec 13, 2017

Michael El-Jiz

With Ronak and his coworkers Phil and Stephane 7mi

Nov 9, 2017

Andrew Ko

Sep 1, 2017

Pollyanne Tang

Tougher, more rugged hike, but well worth the effort ❤️

Aug 12, 2017

Jared McKee

8.2mi

Aug 10, 2017

Quang Vo

Very hot.

Jul 29, 2017

Ai-Jung Li

Jul 23, 2017

Tony S

Jul 15, 2017

Ingo Tews

Jul 15, 2017

Ian Voorn

Jul 11, 2017

Clarissa Lu

Jul 7, 2017

jason neches

Jun 9, 2017

Kam A

6.6mi

May 29, 2017

James Ewing

Snow Lake trail, reeeaally snowy, good trip! 6.6mi

May 29, 2017

Kelly Morgan

Didn't make it to the top. Also took an accidental detour to Source Lake. 6mi

Mar 15, 2017

Seung Kyu

Oct 9, 2016

Sara Jackson

Sep 26, 2016

Stephanie Tornberg Belanger

Aug 30, 2016

Clara M

Jul 1, 2016

Angus Steele

When we went it was a little bit rainy and very overcast, but still had a lovely home and a wonderful time. The view of the lake at the end of the… 6.6mi — 3h 00m

Sep 13, 2015

Jason S

Jun 19, 2015

Adamson Bryant

first hike with Clare

Jun 7, 2015

Mona Sangesland

Jul 1, 1974

Cassie Phillips

With Alan, John DeOskey; climbed Chair Peak

Nearby Recommended Routes

Stunning view of Rainier at sunset. Bring headlamps!

Pacific Crest Trail: WA Section J

72.1 mi 116.1 km • 16,105' Up 4908.92 m Up • 15,044' Down 4585.34 m Down

Riverbend, WA

The trail levels out near the top, where the views open up as you approach the last stretch.

Kendall Peak Lakes

8.3 mi 13.4 km • 1,871' Up 570.33 m Up • 1,871' Down 570.28 m Down

Riverbend, WA

Gold Creek to Alaska Lake

11.2 mi 18.1 km • 1,635' Up 498.5 m Up • 1,635' Down 498.44 m Down

Riverbend, WA

Alta Mountain via Rachel Lake

10.7 mi 17.2 km • 3,535' Up 1077.37 m Up • 3,534' Down 1077.05 m Down

Skykomish, WA

McClellan Butte

4.6 mi 7.4 km • 3,198' Up 974.87 m Up • 105' Down 32.11 m Down

Riverbend, WA

Spectacle Lake

19.5 mi 31.3 km • 2,603' Up 793.54 m Up • 2,604' Down 793.57 m Down

Skykomish, WA

Your Rating:
Your Difficulty:
Your Favorites:	Add To-Do · Your List

5 Star		54%
4 Star		28%
3 Star		17%
2 Star		0%
1 Star		2%

		6%
		0%
		47%
		20%
		25%
		2%

Snow Lake Trail

3.3

5.3

Point to Point

4,369' 1,332 m

3,166' 965 m

1,279' 390 m

332' 101 m

9%

28%

Toolbox

Know This Trail?

Dogs Leashed

Shared By:

Trail Ratings

#1

#46

#1

#5

#46

Photos

1 Comment

Comment Type:

Weather

Current Trail Conditions

Check-Ins

Nearby Recommended Routes

Pacific Crest Trail: WA Section J

Kendall Peak Lakes

Gold Creek to Alaska Lake

Alta Mountain via Rachel Lake

McClellan Butte

Spectacle Lake

Join the Community! It's FREE