Christmas Lake & Twin Falls Trail via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail is an 11.5-mile out-and-back in Olallie State Park near Ragnar, WA. The route reaches Christmas Lake at the turnaround, 5.6 miles in. It climbs 1,581 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi614 – 1,362 ft · steepest grade: 18%12.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Twin Falls Trail 47.45262, -121.70545
Nearest town Ragnar, WA
Directions
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Christmas Lake & Twin Falls Trail via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
11.5 mi · ▲ 1,581 ft · 4 hr 37 min
Elevation 613–1,361 ft
Out & Back · Olallie State Park
Trailhead: Twin Falls Trail · 47.45262, -121.70545
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 68°F / low 50° · precip 56% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Twin Falls Trail, heading SE.
- 1.9 miSharp right onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 2.9 miBear right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miPass Christmas Lake.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Christmas Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 2.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Twin Falls Trail, heading E.
- 1.7 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% gravel40% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Light drizzleTemperature 68°F50°
Precip56%Wind2 mphUV5Humidity59%
Rained 0.1″ 2 days ago (0.3″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
70°50°
Sunrise 6:31 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:43 PM
Sat
69°52°
53%
Sun
72°50°
17%
Mon
70°50°
18%
Tue
76°51°
Wed
86°58°
Thu
75°58°
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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