North Cascades National Park
Jagged peaks and more than three hundred glaciers — the most of any park outside Alaska.
- 142named trails
- 334trail miles mapped
- Washingtonlocation
Popular hikes in North Cascades
- Trail of the Cedars · about 0.3 mi · Easy
- Rainy Lake · about 2 mi · Easy
- Thunder Knob · about 3.6 mi · Easy
- Blue Lake · about 4.4 mi · Moderate
- Cascade Pass · about 7.4 mi · Moderate
- Diablo Lake Trail · about 7.6 mi · Moderate
- Maple Pass Loop · about 7.2 mi · Strenuous
- Hidden Lake Lookout · about 8 mi · Strenuous
- Sourdough Mountain · about 10.4 mi · Strenuous
Best months to visit
- August: The high trails finally melt out, turquoise lakes glow with glacial flour, and the park stays among the least crowded in the Lower 48.
Permits and reservations
No entry reservation. Overnight backcountry trips need a reserved permit.
- Backcountry permits: In 2026 the early-access lottery ran Mar 2–13 (results Mar 20), winners booked Mar 24–Apr 21, and the general on-sale opened Apr 29 at 7 a.m. PT. Reserve at least 2 days before your trip.
All 142 trails in North Cascades
- Agnes Creek Trail (PCT) · 3.54 mi round trip · Moderate
- Agnes Gorge Trail · 1.9 mi round trip · Easy
- Agnes Gorge Trail #2 · 0.54 mi round trip · Easy
- Baker River Trail · 0.9 mi round trip · Easy
- Bear Creek Camp Access · 0.12 mi round trip · Easy
- Big Beaver Camp Access · 0.74 mi round trip · Easy
- Big Beaver Trail · 20.08 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Black Peak Route · 1.06 mi round trip · Moderate
- Boston Basin Trail · 4.86 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Boundary Camp Access · 0.14 mi round trip · Easy
- Bridge Creek Trail (PCT) · 21.18 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Brush Creek Trail · 10.44 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Bullion Loop Trail · 7.56 mi round trip · Moderate
- Cable Car Crossing Trail · 0.48 mi round trip · Easy
- Cascade Horse Trail · 0.56 mi round trip · Easy
- Cascade Pass Trail · 17.52 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Chilliwack River Horseford · 0.38 mi round trip · Easy
- Chilliwack River Trail · 19 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Chilliwack Trail · 23.8 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Colonial Creek Bypass Trail · 1.06 mi round trip · Easy
- Copper Lake Camp Access · 0.24 mi round trip · Easy
- Copper Ridge Trail · 28.4 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Deer Creek Trail · 0.44 mi round trip · Easy
- Depot Creek Trail · 9.44 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Desolation Camp Access · 0.18 mi round trip · Easy
- Desolation Peak Trail · 9.16 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Diablo Lake Trail · 7.06 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Doubtful Lake Trail · 0.98 mi round trip · Easy
- East Bank Trail · 35.08 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Easy Pass Trail · 6.68 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Egg Lake Camp Access · 0.9 mi round trip · Easy
- ELC Campus Trail · 0.2 mi round trip · Easy
- Eldorado Basin Trail · 3.62 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Fireweed Hiker Camp Access · 0.08 mi round trip · Easy
- Fisher Chimneys · 0.42 mi round trip · Easy
- Fisher Creek Trail · 21.56 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Flat Creek Trail · 3.7 mi round trip · Moderate
- Fourth of July Camp Access · 0.24 mi round trip · Easy
- Fourth of July Trail · 4.58 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Goode Ridge Trail · 9.58 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Gorge Overlook Trail · 0.92 mi round trip · Easy
- Graybeal Hiker Camp Access · 0.1 mi round trip · Easy
- Green Point Camp Access · 0.92 mi round trip · Easy
- Happy Creek Trail · 2.36 mi round trip · Moderate
- Happy Flats Trail · 0.58 mi round trip · Easy
- Happy Panther Trail · 8.16 mi round trip · Moderate
- Heaton Camp Access · 0.12 mi round trip · Easy
- Hell's Highway · 0.18 mi round trip · Easy
- Hidden Hand Hiker Camp Access · 0.16 mi round trip · Easy
- Hidden Hand Spur · 1.32 mi round trip · Easy
- Hidden Lake Trail · 8 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Hidden Meadows Camp Access · 1.54 mi round trip · Easy
- Horseshoe Basin Trail · 3.02 mi round trip · Moderate
- Hozomeen Camp Access · 0.2 mi round trip · Easy
- Hozomeen Lake Trail · 1.1 mi round trip · Easy
- Hozomeen Viewpoint Trail · 0.44 mi round trip · Easy
- Incline Trail · 0.72 mi round trip · Easy
- Jack Mountain Trail · 6 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Ladder Falls Trail · 1.04 mi round trip · Easy
- Lightning Creek Camp Access · 0.46 mi round trip · Easy
- Lightning Creek Trail · 6.98 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Linking Trail · 0.66 mi round trip · Easy
- LIttle Beaver Trail · 12.1 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Little Beaver Trail (east section) · 0.34 mi round trip · Easy
- Little Beaver Trail (west section) · 15.1 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Lucky ridge boot trail · 4.2 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Luna Camp Access · 0.14 mi round trip · Easy
- Luna Peak Route · 8.4 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Maple Pass Trail · 8.28 mi round trip · Strenuous
- McAlester Creek Trail · 3.58 mi round trip · Moderate
- McAlester Lake Trail · 11.1 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- McAllister Camp Access · 0.58 mi round trip · Easy
- McGregor Mountain Trail · 11.26 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Monogram Lake Trail · 3.44 mi round trip · Moderate
- Newhalem Amphitheatre Access · 0.2 mi round trip · Easy
- Newhalem Campground Trails · 0.66 mi round trip · Easy
- Newhalem CG to Goodell Creek CG · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy
- Newhalem Creek Trail · 4.92 mi round trip · Moderate
- Newhalem Crk CG to Visitor Ctr · 0.72 mi round trip · Easy
- Newhalem Gen Store to Newhalem CG · 1.38 mi round trip · Easy
- North Fork Bridge Creek Trail · 12.54 mi round trip · Strenuous
- North Fork Camp Access · 0.06 mi round trip · Easy
- Northeast Buttress · 2.88 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Old Wagon Trail · 0.24 mi round trip · Easy
- Old Wagon Trail (PCT) · 5.6 mi round trip · Moderate
- Pacific Crest Trail · 32.3 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Pacific Northwest Trail · 0.88 mi round trip · Easy
- Panther Creek Trail · 11.38 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Park Creek Trail · 15.56 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Pelton Basin Camp Access · 0.3 mi round trip · Easy
- Peninsula Trail · 0.44 mi round trip · Easy
- Price Lake Trail · 2.68 mi round trip · Moderate
- Pyramid Lake Trail · 3.96 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Rainbow Creek Trail · 11.66 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Rainbow Lake Trail · 9.18 mi round trip · Easy
- River Trail · 0.34 mi round trip · Easy
- Rock Shelter Spur Trail · 0.68 mi round trip · Easy
- Rock Shelter Trail · 0.56 mi round trip · Easy
- Ross Dam Trail · 1.32 mi round trip · Easy
- Ross Lake Resort Access · 0.32 mi round trip · Easy
- Roush Basin access trail · 0.16 mi round trip · Easy
- Sahale Arm Trail · 4.76 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Shady Camp Acccess · 0.96 mi round trip · Easy
- Silesia Camp Access · 0.18 mi round trip · Easy
- Six Mile Camp Access · 0.34 mi round trip · Easy
- Skagit Queen Camp Access · 0.26 mi round trip · Easy
- Skagit River Loop · 2.1 mi round trip · Easy
- Sourdough Falls Trail · 3.06 mi round trip · Moderate
- Sourdough Falls Trail Lower Loop · 0.68 mi round trip · Easy
- Sourdough Mountain Trail · 9.94 mi round trip · Strenuous
- South Fork Bridge Creek Trail · 5.72 mi round trip · Moderate
- South Fork Camp Access · 0.08 mi round trip · Easy
- South Pass Trail · 2.82 mi round trip · Easy
- Stehekin Valley Ranch Horse Trail · 0.3 mi round trip · Easy
- Sterling Miller Overlook Trail · 0.16 mi round trip · Easy
- Stetattle Creek Trail · 9.18 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Stiletto Lake Trail · 3.42 mi round trip · Moderate
- Stiletto Peak Trail · 4.58 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Stiletto Peak Trail #2 · 1.6 mi round trip · Moderate
- Stiletto Spur Trail · 3.68 mi round trip · Moderate
- Stillwell Camp Access · 0.8 mi round trip · Easy
- Sulphide Glacier Route · 4.82 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Thornton Lakes Trail (northeast section) · 2.76 mi round trip · Moderate
- Thornton Lakes Trail (southwest section) · 0.54 mi round trip · Easy
- Thunder Basin Hiker Camp Access · 0.06 mi round trip · Easy
- Thunder Basin Stock Camp Access · 0.08 mi round trip · Easy
- Thunder Creek Trail · 26.02 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Thunder Knob Trail · 3.64 mi round trip · Moderate
- Thunder Woods Nature Trail · 1.72 mi round trip · Easy
- To Know a Tree Trail · 0.78 mi round trip · Easy
- Trail of the Cedars · 1.2 mi round trip · Easy
- Tricouni Camp Acccess · 0.22 mi round trip · Easy
- Twin Rocks Camp Access · 0.1 mi round trip · Easy
- Twisp Pass Trail · 8.08 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Upper Little Jack Trail · 2.14 mi round trip · Easy
- Upper Stehekin Valley Trail · 15.34 mi round trip · Strenuous
- US Cabin Hiker Camp Access · 0.14 mi round trip · Easy
- US Cabin Stock Camp Access · 0.08 mi round trip · Easy
- West Bank Trail · 11.5 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Whatcom Camp Access · 0.22 mi round trip · Easy
- Willow Lake Camp Access · 0.12 mi round trip · Easy
- Willow Lake Trail · 10.04 mi round trip · Strenuous
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