Guye Peak Viewpoint & Red Pond via Old Commonwealth Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back near Denny Creek, WA. The route passes Red Pond before reaching Guye Peak Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 1,626 ft, with sections as steep as 41% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi3,032 – 4,659 ft · steepest grade: 41%3.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.42925, -121.41339
Nearest town Denny Creek, WA
Directions
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Guye Peak Viewpoint & Red Pond via Old Commonwealth Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 1,626 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Elevation 3,033–4,659 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 47.42925, -121.41339
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:37 PM
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.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 1 miPass Red Pond.
- 50 ftBear right onto Guye Peak Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 250 ftReach Guye Peak Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Old Commonwealth Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
- 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
97% dirt3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:37 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: FlixBus Snoqualmie Pass stop 506 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Fall into the Wall via Old Commonwealth Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 1,269 ft
- Cave Ridge–Prospector's Cave, 6 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 2,223 ft
- 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
- Red Mountain–Red Pond, 4 sights 5.8 mi · ▲ 2,860 ft
- Snoqualmie Mountain–Red Pond, 4 sights 6 mi · ▲ 4,111 ft
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