North Bend and Mount SI view From 5000 feet - panoramio.jpg
Nima ZANDI · CC BY-SA 3.0

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

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miSharp right onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading SW.
  3. 2.4 miBear right, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  6. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  8. 450 ftPass Rainbow Lake.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 100 ftTurn right onto Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading NW.
  11. 1.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  13. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
  14. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  15. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Tanner Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.5 miReach Rainbow Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading SE.
  19. 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  21. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  22. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  23. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
  24. 1.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
  25. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  26. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  27. 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
  28. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  29. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  30. 0.1 miBear left onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading SW.
  31. 2.4 miSharp left, heading E.
  32. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

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°

Other ways to reach this destination

More from this trailhead