Incline Trail
- 0.4 mi
- round trip
- 764 ft
- climb
- 1,226 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- May–Sep
- best months
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No closures listed
The National Park Service lists no closures for Ross Lake National Recreation Area.
As of · Source: NPS · Ross Lake National Recreation Area. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Incline Trail is a short, easy hike in Ross Lake National Recreation Area in Washington, managed by the National Park Service. The trail is about 0.36 miles long and rises about 316 feet from its low point of 899 feet to a high of 1,226 feet. The out-and-back route totals about 0.72 miles with a round-trip climb of roughly 764 feet, and the steepest stretch comes early, at about 21% grade. Summer is the most comfortable time to go. Typical averages from the nearby Ross Dam weather station show July and August highs around 79°F with only six or seven wet days a month, while winter months bring highs in the upper 30s and rain on most days. Several other trails sit close by. Pyramid Lake Trail is about half a mile away, and Stetattle Creek Trail and Sourdough Falls Trail are each within a mile. Climbers can head to Diablo Wall, about 1.1 miles off.
Local outfitters
- Triangle Recreation Camp49 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Pyramid Lake TrailHiking0.5 mi
Stetattle Creek TrailHikingPhoto: Seattle Municipal Archives from Seattle, WA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)0.6 mi- Sourdough Falls TrailHiking1 mi
- Diablo WallRock climbing1.1 mi
- Skagit RiverCanoeing4.2 mi
- Ryan's WallRock climbing5.5 mi
- Goodell Creek CampgroundCamping6 mi
- Thunder CreekCanoeing8.1 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Stetattle Creek TrailHiking · ~1 min drivePhoto: Seattle Municipal Archives from Seattle, WA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Thunder Knob TrialHiking · ~4 min drivePhoto: Robert Ashworth from Bellingham, WA., USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Happy Creek TrailHiking · ~7 min drivePhoto: Steven PavlovUser:Senapa/TemplateFB, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Sourdough Mountain TrailHiking · ~5 min drive
Thunder Creek TrailHiking · ~5 min drivePhoto: Robert Ashworth from Bellingham, WA., USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Pyramid Lake TrailHiking · Next door
- Sourdough Falls TrailHiking · ~2 min drive
- Thunder Creek TrailHiking · ~7 min drive
- Jack Mountain TrailHiking · ~10 min drivePhoto: Steven PavlovUser:Senapa/TemplateFB, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Fourth of July TrailHiking · ~10 min drive
Best time to visit Incline Trail
Best months: May–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
38° / 30°
18 wet
Feb
41° / 30°
16 wet
Mar
47° / 33°
18 wet
Apr
56° / 38°
14 wet
May
65° / 45°
12 wet
Jun
70° / 50°
11 wet
Jul
79° / 55°
7 wet
Aug
79° / 56°
6 wet
Sep
70° / 50°
10 wet
Oct
56° / 43°
16 wet
Nov
44° / 35°
20 wet
Dec
38° / 31°
19 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Ross Dam, WA, 3.1 mi away at 1,236 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
