1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
2. 250 ftSharp right, heading SE.
3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading SE.
4. 50 ftBear left onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Connector, heading SE.
5. 50 ftTurn left onto FR-5000, heading NE.
6. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
7. 50 ftPass Christmas Lake.
8. 0.4 miBear left onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading E.
9. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
11. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
12. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
13. 100 ftBear left, heading N.
14. 0.1 miPass Rainbow Lake.
15. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
16. 100 ftTurn right onto Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading NW.
17. 1.2 miTurn left, heading E.
18. 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
19. 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
20. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
21. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
22. 1.2 miReach Christmas Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
23. 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
24. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
25. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
26. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
27. 400 ftBear right, heading S.
28. 1.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
29. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
30. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
31. 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
32. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
33. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
34. 0.1 miSharp right onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading SW.
35. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
36. 0.4 miSharp left onto FR-5000, heading W.
37. 0.2 miTurn right onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Connector, heading NW.
38. 50 ftBear right onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading NW.
39. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
40. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/christmas-lake-christmas-lake-out-back-4-lakes-14-km-57d2