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Canyon Lake Trail
(Trail #797 - Glacier Peak Wilderness- Image Lake to Canyon Lake) HIKING / BACKPACKING Distance: 12 miles round trip Hiking Time: 2 days High Point: 6250 feet Elevation Gain: 1300 feet in,
1500 feet out Starting 20 miles from Sulphur Creek Campground, this hike presents an opportunity for those who want to make a long trip longer. The trail system from Sulphur Creek Campground to Canyon Lake and back provides an excellent opportunity for a 46 miler (round trip). The trail starts .3 miles east of Image Lake and leads itself around the upper basin rim of the lake, climbing gradually to a saddle at 6250 feet. The trail then drops over heathery knolls traversing Plummer Mountain (often snow still on the trail all summer), and Bull Mountain. The trail climbs at 3.5 miles and drops rather steeply for the last mile to 21.3 acre Canyon Lake, elevation 5650 feet, which is found in a steep- walled basin south of Bannock Mountain. Directions: From Darrington, Drive 7 miles north to the Suiattle River Road #26. Follow this road 22.6 miles to the end at Sulphur Creek Campground. Hike 10.8 miles up Suiattle River Trail to junction with trail #785. Follow trail for 6 miles to Image Lake. Head east from Image Lake .3 miles to start of described hike.
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