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Beaver Lake & Divide Lake via Pacific Crest Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back near Denny Creek, WA. The route passes Beaver Lake before reaching Divide Lake at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 1,235 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi3,025 – 3,885 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pacific Crest Trail South - Snoqualmie Pass Trailhead 47.42731, -121.42147
Nearest town Denny Creek, WA

Directions

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Beaver Lake & Divide Lake via Pacific Crest Trail

4.1 mi · ▲ 1,235 ft · 1 hr 59 min

Elevation 3,025–3,884 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Pacific Crest Trail South - Snoqualmie Pass Trailhead · 47.42731, -121.42147

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:37 PM

Transit-accessible: West Summit Shuttle Stop stop 480 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
  3. 100 ftPass Beaver Lake.
  4. 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miSharp right onto Golden Nugget, heading S.
  8. 50 ftPass Divide Lake.
  9. 0.1 miReach Beaver Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 500 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  15. 200 ftContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.6 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

29% dirt13% gravel58% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:37 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: West Summit Shuttle Stop stop 480 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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