5-10 miles (basecamp options):
Lake Valhalla – 7 mi RT, or car shuttle 10mi, 1500′ elevation (Stevens Pass East)
Summit Lake – 6.1 mi RT, 1300′ elevation (NW Mt. Rainier area) – crappy road access
Packwood Lake – 10 mi RT, 600′ elevation (South Cascades) – potential to continue to other lakes
Deep Lake – 5 mi RT, 900′ elevation (South Cascades) – potential to connect with other lakes for multiple days
Skyline Divide – 9 mi RT, 2500′ elevation (Mt. Baker area) – really crappy road access – must carry water
Yellow Aster Butte – 7.5 mi RT, 2600′ elevation (Mt. Baker area) – must pack out poop – very popular trail
10-15 miles:
Mother Mountain Loop – 15 mi RT, 6300′ elevation (NW Mt. Rainier area) – permits required – too much elevation
Flapjack Lakes via North Fork Skokomish River – 15.4 mi RT, 3000′ elevation (Olympics) – too much elevation
Lower Big Quilcene River – 12.9 mi RT, 1900′ elevation (Olympics)
- Camps at 2.6, 4.7, and 6.2 miles (map – pdf)
- Able to make it a through-hike by doing a car shuttle up FS #2750 (Ten Mile Shelter)
- Can continue past 6.2 miles to the Upper Big Quilcene River (Marmot Pass is 11 miles roundtrip from Ten Mile Shelter) – first 2.5 miles is old growth to Shelter Rock Camp
Meander Meadow – Dishpan Gap – Cady Ridge Loop – 16 mi RT, 5600′ elevation (Stevens Pass East) – too much elevation
Lake Janus and Grizzly Peak – 16.6 mi RT, 2500′ elevation (Stevens Pass East)
Thunder Mountain Lakes – 14.5 mi RT, 3000′ elevation (Stevens Pass West) – too much elevation
Spider Meadow and Phelps Basin – 13 mi RT, 1900′ elevation (Stevens Pass East)
Ancient Lakes – 12 mi, 600′ elevation (Central Washington)
Blue Lake via Cultus Creek – 13 mi, 700′ elevation (South Cascades)
Bird Mountain Loop – 10 mi RT, 1875′ elevation (South Cascades)
Walupt Lake – 15.3 mi RT, 1650′ elevation (South Cascades)
Over 20 miles (vetoed):
Eastside Loop in Mt. Rainier area / Sunrise
Cooper Ridge Loop in Mt. Baker area
Sawtooth Lakes Loop in North Cascades
North Fork Entiat River in Lake Chelan area
Goat Creek Loop in Mt. St. Helens area
Hoh River Trail to Elk Lake in Olympics