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Tollgate Farm

Meadowbrook Slough & Rainbow Lake via Snoqualmie Valley Trail

15.4 mi · ▲ 822 ft · 5 hr 33 min

Meadowbrook Slough & Rainbow Lake via Snoqualmie Valley Trail is a 15.4-mile out-and-back in Tollgate Farm near Snoqualmie Falls, WA. The route passes Meadowbrook Slough before reaching Rainbow Lake at the turnaround, 7.7 miles in. It climbs 822 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi423 – 942 ft · steepest grade: 17%15.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Snoqualmie Valley Trail 47.51938, -121.79924
Nearest town Snoqualmie Falls, WA
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Meadowbrook Slough & Rainbow Lake via Snoqualmie Valley Trail

15.4 mi · ▲ 822 ft · 5 hr 33 min

Elevation 423–941 ft

Out & Back · Tollgate Farm

Trailhead: Snoqualmie Valley Trail · 47.51938, -121.79924

Weather Jul 18: Overcast, high 74°F / low 58° · precip 2% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 5:29 AM · sunset 8:59 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftPass Meadowbrook Slough.
  3. 5 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 400 ftBear right, heading S.
  8. 1.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftPass Rainbow Lake.
  11. 250 ftReach Meadowbrook Slough, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  13. 1.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  14. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  15. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  17. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  18. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/rainbow-lake-rainbow-lake-out-back-25-km

Trail surface

79% gravel21% unspecified

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Weather

OvercastTemperature 74°F58°
Precip2%Wind1 mphUV7Humidity73%
Hourly temperature
75°55°
Sunrise 5:29 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:59 PM
Sun 78°54°
Mon 85°59°
Tue 91°66°
Wed 93°67°
Thu 91°64°
Fri 73°55°

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