Rainbow Lake via Snoqualmie Valley Trail is an 11.8-mile out-and-back near North Bend, WA. The route reaches Rainbow Lake at the turnaround, 5.9 miles in. It climbs 788 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi453 – 935 ft · steepest grade: 35%12.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Tanner Trail 47.48899, -121.77460
Nearest town North Bend, WA
Directions
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Rainbow Lake via Snoqualmie Valley Trail
11.8 mi · ▲ 788 ft · 4 hr 20 min
Elevation 451–936 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Tanner Trail · 47.48899, -121.77460
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tanner Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading E.
- 2.8 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Rainbow Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Tanner Trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 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
68% gravel5% paved27% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:11 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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