Christmas Lake & Rainbow Lake via Snoqualmie Valley Trail is an 11.7-mile out-and-back in Olallie State Park near Tanner, WA. The route passes Rainbow Lake and Christmas Lake before reaching Christmas Lake at the turnaround, 5.8 miles in. It climbs 933 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi482 – 1,076 ft · steepest grade: 21%12.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Snoqualmie Valley Trail 47.48534, -121.76143
Nearest town Tanner, WA
Directions
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Christmas Lake & Rainbow Lake via Snoqualmie Valley Trail
11.7 mi · ▲ 933 ft · 4 hr 22 min
Elevation 483–1,076 ft
Out & Back · Olallie State Park
Trailhead: Snoqualmie Valley Trail · 47.48534, -121.76143
Weather Sep 5: Heavy drizzle, high 69°F / low 53° · precip 50% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
Transit-accessible: Little Si Trailhead stop 443 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftBear right, heading S.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftPass Rainbow Lake.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass Christmas Lake.
- 0.2 miReach Christmas Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 2.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
54% gravel5% dirt41% unspecified
Weather
Heavy drizzleTemperature 69°F53°
Precip50%Wind3 mphUV6Humidity57%
Rained 0.1″ 3 days ago (0.5″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
70°50°
Sunrise 6:31 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:43 PM
Sun
72°51°
Mon
63°50°
17%
Tue
74°53°
Wed
80°55°
Thu
66°54°
Fri
70°49°
30%
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Little Si Trailhead stop 443 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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