United States, Washington

Best backpacking trips in Washington

23 trips

Enchantments Traverse

Alpine Lakes Wilderness

10.8 mi/d4,600 ft/d2 days

Hoh River Trail to Blue Glacier

Olympic National Park

14.4 mi/d4,700 ft/d3 days

High Divide Loop in 3 days

Olympic National Park

7.5 mi/d3,000 ft/d3 days

High Divide Loop in 4 days (counter-clockwise)

Olympic National Park

6.7 mi/d2,000 ft/d4 days

Sol Duc to Hoh River in 4 days

Olympic National Park

8.9 mi/d2,100 ft/d4 days

Sahale Glacier Camp

North Cascades National Park

5.5 mi/d4,100 ft/d2 days

Wonderland Trail

Mount Rainier National Park

14.6 mi/d4,400 ft/d8 days

Mount St. Helens Summit

Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

8.4 mi/d4,800 ft/d1 day

Shi Shi Beach

Olympic National Park

4 mi/d600 ft/d2 days

Colchuck Lake

Alpine Lakes Wilderness

3.9 mi/d2,200 ft/d2 days

Hidden Lake Lookout

North Cascades National Park

3.7 mi/d3,200 ft/d2 days

Palisades Lakes

Mount Rainier National Park

3.5 mi/d900 ft/d2 days

Thornton Lakes

North Cascades National Park

4.5 mi/d2,500 ft/d2 days

Ozette Triangle

Olympic National Park

4.8 mi/d400 ft/d2 days

Lake Caroline

Alpine Lakes Wilderness

4.9 mi/d3,000 ft/d2 days

Stuart Lake

Alpine Lakes Wilderness

4.5 mi/d1,800 ft/d2 days

Snow Lakes

Alpine Lakes Wilderness

6.7 mi/d4,200 ft/d2 days

Jade Lake

Alpine Lakes Wilderness

9.7 mi/d3,100 ft/d2 days

Camp Muir

Mount Rainier National Park

4.3 mi/d4,700 ft/d2 days

Enchanted Valley

Olympic National Park

12.7 mi/d2,000 ft/d2 days

Loowit Trail

Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

10.8 mi/d2,500 ft/d3 days

Copper Ridge Loop

North Cascades National Park

11.8 mi/d4,600 ft/d3 days

Eightmile Lake

Alpine Lakes Wilderness

3.6 mi/d1,400 ft/d2 days