Red Pond & Old Commonwealth Trail via Commonwealth Basin Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Denny Creek, WA. The route reaches Red Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 1,805 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi3,032 – 4,839 ft · steepest grade: 35%5.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.42925, -121.41339
Nearest town Denny Creek, WA
Directions
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Red Pond & Old Commonwealth Trail via Commonwealth Basin Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 1,805 ft · 2 hr 32 min
Elevation 3,033–4,838 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 47.42925, -121.41339
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:37 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: FlixBus Snoqualmie Pass stop 506 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left onto Old Commonwealth Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miBear left onto Commonwealth Basin Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miReach Red Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miBear right onto Old Commonwealth Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:37 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: FlixBus Snoqualmie Pass stop 506 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Guye Peak Viewpoint & Red Pond via Old Commonwealth Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 1,626 ft
- Fall into the Wall via Old Commonwealth Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 1,269 ft
- Cave Ridge–Prospector's Cave, 6 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 2,223 ft
- Prospector's Cave–Red Pond, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 2,195 ft
- Red Mountain–Red Pond, 4 sights 5.8 mi · ▲ 2,860 ft
- Snoqualmie Mountain–Red Pond, 4 sights 6 mi · ▲ 4,111 ft
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