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Situated on the western boundary of North Cascades National Park, Hidden Lake Peaks are positioned west of the crest of the Cascade Range, approximately ten miles east of the town of Marblemount. The popular subsidiary peak, Hidden Lake Lookout (6890 ft), lies a half mile to the southwest of the highest summit. [5]
English: Built in 1932, and perched just outside the North Cascades National Park in northern Washington State, the Hidden Lake Lookout was used until decommissioned by the Forest Service sometime around 1953, and has now stood as a historic monument longer than it served its original function as a fire lookout. In 1987, it was added to the ...
Hidden Lake is off designated trails but can reached by way a trailhead off the Cascade River Road from Snoqualmie National Forest. [3] The distance from the trailhead to the lake is 4.5 mi (7.2 km) one way to the overlook and another 0.8 mi (1.3 km) rock scramble through a boulder field to the lakeshore.
Washington was once home to hundreds of fire lookouts — great towers that would stand above the trees, offering 360-degree views of the surrounding wilderness. The towers were used by spotters ...
The popular hiking objective, Hidden Lake Peak Lookout, lies three miles to the southwest, and the nearest higher peak, Eldorado Peak, two miles to the northeast, is a popular mountaineering objective. [1] Precipitation runoff from The Triad drains into tributaries of the Cascade River which in turn is a tributary of the Skagit River.
And so, 667 days after a 28-year-old Moses Lake woman vanished into these hills and 657 days after the Skagit County Search and Rescue team suspended ... — This is tough country. Toppled trees ...
Hidden Lake Peaks. Hidden Lake Peak Lookout, Marblemount, WA, ... Washington; abandoned as a lookout in the 1930s, it can be reached by the Lookout Tree Trail.
Lookout Mountain is a 5,699-foot (1,737 m) summit in the North Cascades, in Skagit County of Washington state. [3] It is located five miles (8.0 km) east-northeast of the town of Marblemount , and set on land administered by the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest .