Loop Trails
Loop Trails in the Upper Lake Chelan & North Cascades National Park
By combining two or more trails you can create some incredible loop trails.
Boulder Creek and Purple Creek Trails: 20 miles.
- Stehekin to Lake Juanita = 12
- Juanita to Stehekin on Purple Creek trail = 8
- (Total: 12 + 8 = 20)
Boulder Creek, Summit, Fish Creek, and Lakeshore Trails: 31 miles.
- Stehekin to Lake Juanita = 12
- Juanita to Fish Creek = 5.2
- Down Fish Creek = 6.9
- Moore Point to Stehekin = 6.9
- Total: 12 + 5.2 + 6.9 + 6.9 = 31
Purple Creek, Summit, Fish Creek, Lakeshore trails: 27 miles.
- Stehekin to Lake Juanita on Purple = 8
- Juanita to Fish Creek = 5.2
- Down Fish Creek = 6.9
- Moore Point to Stehekin = 6.9.
- Total: 8 + 5.2 + 6.9 + 6.9 = 27
Rainbow Lake and Bridge Creek Trails: 23.6 miles.
- Rainbow Creek Trailhead to Bench Creek = 5.4
- Bench Creek to Rainbow Lake to South Fork on Bridge Creek = 11.5
- South Fork to Stehekin road = 6.7
- Total: 5.4 + 11.5 + 6.7 = 23.6
Rainbow Creek, McAlester Creek and Bridge Creek Trails: 24.6 miles.
- Rainbow Creek trailhead to McAlester Pass = 10
- McAlester Pass to Fireweed = 5.5
- Fireweed to Stehekin road = 9.1
- Total: 10 + 5.5 + 9.1 = 24.6
Rainbow Creek, McAlester Creek, Fireweed, South Fork, and Rainbow Lake Trails: 34.8 miles.
- Rainbow Creek trailhead to McAlester Pass = 10
- McAlester Pass to Fireweed = 5.5
- Fireweed to South Fork = 2.4
- South fork to Rainbow Lake to Rainbow Creek Trailhead = 16.9
- Total: 10 + 5.5 + 2.4 + 16.9 = 34.8
For more information and or maps contact:
National Park Service at 509-682-2549
U.S. Forest Service at 509-682-2576
NOTE: Consult a map and contact the National Park Service or the Forest Service for up to date information regarding closures.