Gravel Lake & Ridge Lake via Pacific Crest Trail is an 11.7-mile out-and-back near Denny Creek, WA. The route passes Ridge Lake before reaching Gravel Lake at the turnaround, 5.8 miles in. It climbs 3,364 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi3,032 – 5,476 ft · steepest grade: 25%12.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.42925, -121.41339
Nearest town Denny Creek, WA
Directions
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Gravel Lake & Ridge Lake via Pacific Crest Trail
11.7 mi · ▲ 3,364 ft · 5 hr 35 min
Elevation 3,033–5,475 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 47.42925, -121.41339
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:42 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: FlixBus Snoqualmie Pass stop 506 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left onto Old Commonwealth Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Commonwealth Basin Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 4.5 miPass Ridge Lake.
- 350 ftBear right onto Ridge Lake Camp Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Gravel Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SW.
- 4.6 miSharp right onto Commonwealth Basin Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Old Commonwealth Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 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
98% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:42 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.7 mi in (~152 min). Leave by 4:50 PM for the 7:42 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: FlixBus Snoqualmie Pass stop 506 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Prospector's Cave–Red Pond, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 2,195 ft
- Red Pond & Old Commonwealth Trail via Commonwealth Basin Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,805 ft
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