Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest · WA

Cutthroat Pass via PCT

Hard · Day hike · Best in Summer, Fall

Length

10 mi

Gain

2,000 ft

Scenery

★★★★★

About this trail

Switchback up through old-growth larch and silver fir to a pass with the eastern North Cascades unrolling east — at peak in late September, a sea of golden alpine larch.

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Highlights

Golden alpine larch end of Sept
Cutthroat Peak granite spire
Methow valley view

Get there

Start: Rainy Pass PCT trailhead · 48.5832, -120.7374

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Parking: Rainy Pass PCT lot on Highway 20 (mile 158). Northwest Forest Pass required. Highway closed in winter (typ. mid-Nov to mid-Apr).

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