Mount Sawyer Trail
Moderate · Out-and-back · 5.6 mi round trip · 1,254 ft gain · 2 h 15 min–3 h
Parking: not reported today
A solid half-day for most hikers. No bikes.
2.8 mi one way · high point 5,500 ft · time at a steady pace without breaks
Elevation from USGS; 4,309–5,500 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 Skykomish Ranger District (Stevens Pass and US-2, 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 Tonga Ridge Trailhead · Stevens Pass / US-2 · 2 other trails start here
Navigate to the trailhead: Google Maps · Apple Maps · coordinates 47.67873, -121.26473
Right now
Weather and road conditions
- Tonight: Partly Cloudy, 44°F, 1% precip, wind 5 mph
- Tuesday: Sunny, 57°F, wind 1 to 5 mph
- Tuesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 46°F, wind 3 mph
Daylight: Sunrise 7:11 am · sunset 6:35 pm
Air: Good (AQI 23, PM2.5 4.1 µg/m³) at the North Bend-North Bend Way (SO) monitor, 43 km away AirNow
Wildfire: King fire, 23 km away, 3,427 acres, 36% contained InciWeb
Snow: 0″ snow at Stevens Pass (3,940 ft, 14.9 km away) station
Typical year: normally snow-free now · usually melted out by about Jun 6 · typical peak Mar 30
No reports in the last 3 days.
All conditions and reports at Tonga Ridge Trailhead
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