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Mount Lundin Viewpoint–Red Pond, 5 sights is an 8.7-mile out-and-back near Denny Creek, WA. The route passes Red Pond, Red Pond and Red Pass before reaching Mount Lundin Viewpoint at the turnaround, 4.3 miles in. It climbs 4,651 ft, with sections as steep as 52% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi3,127 – 5,775 ft · steepest grade: 52%9.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Snow Lake Trailhead 47.44546, -121.42351
Nearest town Denny Creek, WA

Directions

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Mount Lundin Viewpoint–Red Pond, 5 sights

8.7 mi · ▲ 4,651 ft · 5 hr 14 min

Elevation 3,126–5,775 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Snow Lake Trailhead · 47.44546, -121.42351

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:37 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: Alpental Shuttle Stop stop 215 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Snoqualmie Mountain Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right onto Guye Peak Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.3 miPass Red Pond.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  5. 1 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Old Commonwealth Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miBear left onto Commonwealth Basin Trail, heading N.
  8. 1.3 miPass Red Pond.
  9. 250 ftContinue straight onto Red Pond Trail, heading N.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto Commonwealth Basin Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.6 miPass Red Pass.
  12. 100 ftBear left onto Mount Lundin Viewpoint Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miReach Mount Lundin Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.2 miBear right onto Commonwealth Basin Trail, heading E.
  15. 0.6 miBear left onto Red Pond Trail, heading S.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Commonwealth Basin Trail, heading S.
  17. 1.3 miBear right onto Old Commonwealth Trail, heading SW.
  18. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  19. 1 miBear right onto Guye Peak Trail, heading W.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left onto Snoqualmie Mountain Trail, heading W.
  21. 0.5 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

93% dirt7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:37 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Transit-accessible: Alpental Shuttle Stop stop 215 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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