Christmas Lake & Rainbow Lake via Snoqualmie Valley Trail is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Olallie State Park near North Bend, WA. The route passes Rainbow Lake before reaching Christmas Lake at the turnaround, 8 miles in. It climbs 935 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi436 – 1,076 ft · steepest grade: 35%16.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.49287, -121.78959
Nearest town North Bend, WA
Directions
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Christmas Lake & Rainbow Lake via Snoqualmie Valley Trail
16.1 mi · ▲ 935 ft · 5 hr 50 min
Elevation 436–1,076 ft
Out & Back · Olallie State Park
Trailhead: 47.49287, -121.78959
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 75°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:40 PM
Transit-accessible: Main Ave S & Cedar Ave S stop 95 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 3.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear right, heading S.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftPass Rainbow Lake.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Christmas Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 3.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.7 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
59% gravel9% dirt32% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 75°F52°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity76%
Hourly temperature
75°50°
Sunrise 5:48 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:40 PM
Tue
84°56°
Wed
90°59°
Thu
90°62°
Fri
83°54°
Sat
80°54°
Sun
82°54°
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Main Ave S & Cedar Ave S stop 95 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Snoqualmie Valley Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Snoqualmie Valley Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Snoqualmie Valley Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Snoqualmie Valley Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Snoqualmie Valley Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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