High Pass

Name: High Pass
Rating: 2.8

Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East

48.0771, -120.8579 Map & Directions

Length: 26.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain: 4,500 feet
Highest Point: 7,100 feet
Calculated Difficulty About Calculated Difficulty: Hard

Fall colors along the trail at High Pass. Photo by Britt Lê. Full-size image

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Channel your inner mountain goat on this steep hike to aptly-named High Pass, and bask in glorious views of Glacier Peak and the surrounding mountainscape. Continue reading

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Hiking High Pass

Channel your inner mountain goat on this steep hike to aptly-named High Pass, and bask in glorious views of Glacier Peak and the surrounding mountainscape.

Start up the Buck Creek Trail from the Trinity Trailhead. The route steadily climbs 3,100 feet in 9.6 miles to Buck Creek Pass. Find a site to dump your gear, then proceed through the camping area to pick up the High Pass Trail.

Continue climbing another 3 miles and 1,400 feet of elevation, first circling around the west side of Liberty Cap, then contouring high above Triad Lake, to end at the low saddle that is High Pass.

Pause, view, breathe.

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Eli Boschetto, WTA Community

High Pass

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Co-ordinates: 48.0771, -120.8579 Open in Google Maps