Beaver Lake & Tubing Park via Pacific Crest Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back near Denny Creek, WA. The route passes Beaver Lake before reaching Tubing Park at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 1,612 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi2,861 – 3,704 ft · steepest grade: 25%5.7 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 & Tubing Park via Pacific Crest Trail
5.3 mi · ▲ 1,612 ft · 2 hr 34 min
Elevation 2,861–3,706 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
- Start on Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftPass Beaver Lake.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miPass Tubing Park.
- 50 ftReach Beaver Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 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
28% dirt13% gravel59% 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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