Christmas Lake via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
3 mi · ▲ 291 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Christmas Lake via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Olallie State Park near Edgewick, WA. The route reaches Christmas Lake. It climbs 291 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi932 – 1,152 ft · steepest grade: 17%3.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.44144, -121.75018
Nearest town Edgewick, WA
Directions
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Christmas Lake via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
3 mi · ▲ 291 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 931–1,152 ft
Out & Back · Olallie State Park
Trailhead: 47.44144, -121.75018
Weather Sep 5: Light rain, high 67°F / low 52° · precip 54% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Christmas Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
66% dirt13% gravel21% unspecified
Weather
Light rainTemperature 67°F52°
Precip54%Wind3 mphUV5Humidity51%
Rained 0.1″ 3 days ago (0.3″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
70°50°
Sunrise 6:31 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:43 PM
Sun
71°50°
15%
Mon
61°49°
18%
Tue
73°52°
Wed
78°54°
Thu
64°52°
Fri
68°46°
30%
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