Lodge Lake & Windy Pass via Pacific Crest Trail

9 mi · ▲ 1,659 ft · 3 hr 50 min

Lodge Lake & Windy Pass via Pacific Crest Trail is a 9-mile out-and-back near Rockdale, WA. The route passes Windy Pass and Lodge Lake. It climbs 1,659 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi3,025 – 3,829 ft · steepest grade: 18%9.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pacific Crest Trail 47.37316, -121.44687
Nearest town Rockdale, WA

Directions

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Lodge Lake & Windy Pass via Pacific Crest Trail

9 mi · ▲ 1,659 ft · 3 hr 50 min

Elevation 3,025–3,829 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Pacific Crest Trail · 47.37316, -121.44687

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:09 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pacific Crest Trail, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Windy Pass.
  3. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 2.3 miPass Lodge Lake.
  5. 1.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.6 miReach Lodge Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 4.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  8. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

99% dirt1% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:51 AMSunset 7:09 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~27 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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