Crystal Lake & Crystal Lake Trail via Meadow Mountain Trail
8.8 mi · ▲ 2,473 ft · 4 hr 10 min
Crystal Lake & Crystal Lake Trail via Meadow Mountain Trail is an 8.8-mile out-and-back near Bedal, WA. The route reaches Crystal Lake at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It climbs 2,473 ft, with sections as steep as 42% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Crystal Lake & Crystal Lake Trail via Meadow Mountain Trail
8.8 mi · ▲ 2,473 ft · 4 hr 10 min
Elevation 2,586–4,567 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Meadow Mountain Trailhead · 48.18954, -121.37096
Weather Sep 4: Heavy drizzle, high 60°F / low 45° · precip 35% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Meadow Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Crystal Lake Trail, heading NE.
- 2.9 miReach Crystal Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.9 miContinue straight onto Meadow Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Meadow Mountain Trailhead Trailhead
- Meadow Mountain Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 648 ft
- Meadow Mountain Trail 10.4 mi · ▲ 1,716 ft
- Scar Pass–Circle Creek Road, 3 sights 11.4 mi · ▲ 3,092 ft
- Meadow Lake–Meadow Lake Trail, 3 sights 15.4 mi · ▲ 3,193 ft
- Circle Peak–Scar Pass, 4 sights 15.4 mi · ▲ 4,771 ft
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