AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Spectacle Lake–Park Lakes, 5 sights

14.8 mi · ▲ 4,220 ft · 7 hr 3 min

Spectacle Lake–Park Lakes, 5 sights is a 14.8-mile out-and-back near Kachess Resort, WA. The route passes Park Lakes before reaching Spectacle Lake at the turnaround, 7.4 miles in. It climbs 4,220 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 96/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,349 – 5,345 ft · steepest grade: 27%15.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cooper Road 47.41758, -121.23828
Nearest town Kachess Resort, WA
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Spectacle Lake–Park Lakes, 5 sights

14.8 mi · ▲ 4,220 ft · 7 hr 3 min

Elevation 2,348–5,346 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Cooper Road · 47.41758, -121.23828

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:41 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Mineral Creek Connector, heading W.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right onto Mineral Creek Trail, heading N.
  3. 3.8 miPass Park Lakes.
  4. 0.5 miTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading E.
  5. 2.5 miContinue straight onto Spectacle Lake Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftReach Spectacle Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading S.
  9. 2.5 miTurn left onto Mineral Creek Trail, heading SW.
  10. 4.3 miTurn left onto Mineral Creek Connector, heading S.
  11. 0.3 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/spectacle-lake-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:41 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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