Christmas Lake & Rainbow Lake via Snoqualmie Valley Trail is an 11.2-mile out-and-back in Olallie State Park near Cedar Falls, WA. The route passes Christmas Lake and Rainbow Lake. It climbs 984 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi512 – 1,066 ft · steepest grade: 34%11.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.43256, -121.76710
Nearest town Cedar Falls, WA
Directions
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Christmas Lake & Rainbow Lake via Snoqualmie Valley Trail
11.2 mi · ▲ 984 ft · 4 hr 14 min
Elevation 512–1,067 ft
Out & Back · Olallie State Park
Trailhead: 47.43256, -121.76710
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 73°F / low 49° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:40 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Connector, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto FR-5000, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Christmas Lake.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miPass Rainbow Lake.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.2 miReach Christmas Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear right, heading S.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto FR-5000, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Connector, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 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 surface
46% gravel10% dirt1% paved43% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 73°F49°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity59%
Hourly temperature
75°45°
Sunrise 5:48 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:40 PM
Tue
82°56°
Wed
89°64°
Thu
88°61°
Fri
80°53°
Sat
79°53°
Sun
80°53°
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Rattlesnake Lake & Cedar River Municipal Watershed Viewpoint via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail 1.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- 100.1 via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 280 ft
- Cedar Butte–Rattlesnake Lake, 3 summits 3.5 mi · ▲ 956 ft
- Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 192 ft
- Cedar Butte–Christmas Lake, 3 summits 3.6 mi · ▲ 927 ft
- Rainbow Lake via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail 4 mi · ▲ 337 ft
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