Cougar Divide Trail
Moderate · Out-and-back · 6 mi round trip · 1,267 ft gain · 2 h 15 min–3 h 15 min
Parking: not reported today
A solid half-day for most hikers.
3 mi one way · high point 5,938 ft · time at a steady pace without breaks
Elevation from USGS; 4,912–5,938 ft. Open the map.
No hiker reports in the last 3 days. Be the first to report here
What you need
Fee or pass required dogs, accessibility, bikes: not recorded yet
Toilets and trash not confirmed here. Pack out what you pack in.
In Mount Baker Ranger District (Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest). Entrance fee Northwest Forest Pass, $5 per day or $30 per year or an America the Beautiful pass. Day hikes need no permit; overnight stays need a wilderness permit. Rules, passes and closures change. Check the official Forest Service site before you go. Official: conditions · roads · fees.
Getting there
Starts at Cougar Divide Trailhead · Mount Baker
Navigate to the trailhead: Google Maps · Apple Maps · coordinates 48.86778, -121.80637
Right now
Weather and road conditions
- This Afternoon: Mostly Sunny, 54°F, 1% precip, wind 7 mph
- Tonight: Partly Cloudy, 43°F, 1% precip, wind 6 mph
- Tuesday: Partly Sunny, 54°F, wind 1 to 5 mph
Daylight: Sunset 6:38 pm · 3 h 31 min of daylight left
Air: Moderate (AQI 53, PM2.5 10.3 µg/m³) at the Chilliwack monitor, 34 km away AirNow
Wildfire: Electric fire, 36 km away, 495 acres, 90% contained InciWeb
Snow: 0″ snow at Wells Creek (4,040 ft, 1.2 km away) station
Typical year: normally snow-free now · usually melted out by about Jun 10 · typical peak Apr 12
No reports in the last 3 days.
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