Hayes Lake Trail
Moderate · Out-and-back · 5.6 mi round trip · 327 ft gain · 2 h–2 h 45 min
Parking: not reported today
A solid half-day for most hikers.
2.8 mi one way · high point 5,222 ft · time at a steady pace without breaks
Elevation from USGS; 4,728–5,222 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 Toilets (vault) Trash cans dogs, accessibility, bikes: not recorded yet
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 Artist Point Trailhead · Mount Baker · 6 other trails start here. Also reachable from Fire & Ice Trailhead, Lake Ann Trailhead
Navigate to the trailhead: Google Maps · Apple Maps · coordinates 48.84745, -121.69251
Right now
Weather and road conditions
- Tonight: Partly Cloudy, 44°F, 1% precip, wind 6 mph
- Monday: Partly Sunny, 55°F, 1% precip, wind 3 to 7 mph
- Monday Night: Partly Cloudy, 42°F, wind 2 to 6 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, 39 km away AirNow
Wildfire: Electric fire, 29 km away, 495 acres, 90% contained InciWeb
Snow: 0″ snow at Wells Creek (4,040 ft, 7.4 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.
All conditions and reports at Artist Point Trailhead
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