Bell Pass Trail
Strenuous · Out-and-back · 16 mi round trip · 1,696 ft gain · 6 h–8 h 30 min
Parking: not reported today
A long, demanding day; experienced hikers in good shape. No bikes.
8 mi one way · high point 4,864 ft · time at a steady pace without breaks
Elevation from USGS; 3,073–4,864 ft. Open the map.
No hiker reports in the last 3 days. Be the first to report here
What you need
No bikes Fee or pass required Toilets (vault) dogs, accessibility: 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 Park Butte Trailhead · Mount Baker · 5 other trails start here
Navigate to the trailhead: Google Maps · Apple Maps · coordinates 48.70677, -121.81236
Right now
Weather and road conditions
- Today: Mostly Sunny, 59°F, 1% precip, wind 6 mph
- Tonight: Partly Cloudy, 46°F, 1% precip, wind 2 to 6 mph
- Tuesday: Partly Sunny, 60°F, wind 1 to 5 mph
Daylight: Sunset 6:38 pm · 3 h 32 min of daylight left
Air: Good (AQI 17, PM2.5 3 µg/m³) at the Bellingham Pacific monitor, 48 km away AirNow
Wildfire: Electric fire, 28 km away, 495 acres, 90% contained InciWeb
Snow: 0″ snow at Elbow Lake (3,050 ft, 7.3 km away) station
Typical year: usually melted out by about Jun 3 · typical peak Apr 1
No reports in the last 3 days.
All conditions and reports at Park Butte Trailhead
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