Excellent views of Lake Chelan and the surrounding area.
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Activity: Hiking
Nearest Town: Stehekin
Skill Level: 2
Fitness Level: 3
Distance: About 16 miles round trip to Purple Pass
Access: This trail on Lake Chelan is not accessible by road. Hikers must travel about 36 miles up lake by boat. Passage on the Lady of the Lake can be booked from Field’s Point Landing, and hikers can also catch the boat in Stehekin for the return trip. For more information, contact the Lake Chelan Boat Company (509-682-4585 or www.ladyofthelake.com). You’ll find the trailhead at Stehekin Landing, just past the Golden West Lodge.
Trip Instructions: Good views of the surrounding area start after about 3 miles. Purple Pass is 8 miles from the trailhead. If you have extra energy, continue another 0.5 mile to Boulder Butte, where a former lookout site offers excellent views.
Additional Information: Information for this trip report was compiled from Stehekin Landing Resort’s website. To read the original report and to view suggestions of other hikes in the Stehekin area, click here.
Leave It Better Than You Found It. This should be every outdoor user’s goal. Pick up trash left by others, pull some noxious weeds along your route, throw branches over unwanted spur trails, don’t ride or walk wet trails when you’re leaving ruts/footprints deeper than ¼ inch…
Disclaimer. Treat this information as recommendations, not gospel. Conditions change, and those contributing these reports are volunteers–they may make mistakes or may not know all the issues affecting a route. You are still completely responsible for your decisions, your actions, and your safety. If you can’t live with that, you are prohibited from using our information.
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