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Red Pond–Red Pass, 6 sights is a 16-mile out-and-back near Denny Creek, WA. The route passes Red Pond and Red Pass. It climbs 6,356 ft, with sections as steep as 43% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,713 – 5,414 ft · steepest grade: 43%16.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.42925, -121.41339
Nearest town Denny Creek, WA

Directions

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Red Pond–Red Pass, 6 sights

16 mi · ▲ 6,356 ft · 8 hr 31 min

Elevation 1,713–5,415 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 200 ftBear left onto Old Commonwealth Trail, heading N.
  3. 1.1 miBear left onto Commonwealth Basin Trail, heading N.
  4. 1.3 miPass Red Pond.
  5. 250 ftContinue straight onto Red Pond Trail, heading N.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Commonwealth Basin Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.6 miPass Red Pass.
  8. 100 ftTurn right onto Old Cascade Crest Trail, heading NW.
  9. 3.2 miSharp right onto Middle Fork Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Goldmyer Hot Springs Trail, heading N.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Middle Fork Trail, heading N.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Middle Fork Tie #4 Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miSharp right onto Dutch Miller Gap Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.8 miBear right onto Old Copper Queen Road, heading N.
  15. 0.4 miReach Red Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.4 miBear left onto Dutch Miller Gap Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.9 miSharp left onto Middle Fork Tie #4 Trail, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right onto Middle Fork Trail, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Goldmyer Hot Springs Trail, heading E.
  20. 50 ftTurn right onto Middle Fork Trail, heading E.
  21. 0.3 miSharp left onto Old Cascade Crest Trail, heading SW.
  22. 3.2 miTurn left onto Commonwealth Basin Trail, heading S.
  23. 0.6 miBear left onto Red Pond Trail, heading S.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Commonwealth Basin Trail, heading SW.
  25. 1.3 miBear right onto Old Commonwealth Trail, heading SW.
  26. 1.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  27. 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

98% dirt2% gravel

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

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