Rainbow Lake & Tanner Trail via Snoqualmie Valley Trail is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Olallie State Park near Ragnar, WA. The route reaches Rainbow Lake. It climbs 1,465 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi499 – 1,257 ft · steepest grade: 33%16.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.44451, -121.70984
Nearest town Ragnar, WA
Directions
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Rainbow Lake & Tanner Trail via Snoqualmie Valley Trail
16.1 mi · ▲ 1,465 ft · 6 hr 6 min
Elevation 500–1,257 ft
Out & Back · Olallie State Park
Trailhead: 47.44451, -121.70984
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 74°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:39 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading SW.
- 2.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 450 ftPass Rainbow Lake.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Tanner Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miReach Rainbow Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading S.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading SW.
- 2.4 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
63% gravel8% dirt29% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 74°F48°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity67%
Hourly temperature
75°45°
Sunrise 5:48 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:39 PM
Tue
82°54°
Wed
88°59°
Thu
88°61°
Fri
80°53°
Sat
79°53°
Sun
80°53°
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