Windy Lake–Silver Lake Way Trail, 3 sights
8 mi · ▲ 2,349 ft · 3 hr 50 min
Windy Lake–Silver Lake Way Trail, 3 sights is an 8-mile out-and-back in Buckhorn Wilderness near Blyn, WA. The route passes Windy Lake before reaching Windy Lake at the turnaround, 3.9 miles in. It climbs 2,349 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 95/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Windy Lake–Silver Lake Way Trail, 3 sights
8 mi · ▲ 2,349 ft · 3 hr 50 min
Elevation 3,703–5,653 ft
Out & Back · Buckhorn Wilderness
Trailhead: Silver Lake Way Trail · 47.87558, -123.08144
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 53°F / low 39° · precip 16% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:49 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Silver Lake Way Trail, heading SE.
- 2.1 miSharp left onto Silver Lakes Trail #842, heading N.
- 1.6 miPass Windy Lake.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mount Townsend Trail #839, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Windy Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Silver Lakes Trail #842, heading SW.
- 1.6 miSharp right onto Silver Lake Way Trail, heading SE.
- 2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~142 min). Leave by 5:07 PM for the 7:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Silver Lake Way Trail Trailhead
- Silver Lake Way Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 1,259 ft
- Silver Lake–Silver Lake Way Trail, 3 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 1,658 ft
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