Name: Diablo Lake Trail
Rating: 4.0

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4.0 from 12 votes

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in Ross Lake National Recreation Area

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Lookout spot where the power lines cross the trail.

Jun 20, 2022 near Diablo, WA

Nice view of the mountains through the trees.

Jun 20, 2022 near Diablo, WA

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Jun 13, 2024

Ashley Zagari

combined with part of sourdough 8.9mi — 4h 00m

Oct 17, 2022

Victoria Melton

Jul 24, 2022

Reid Curnutt

Jun 20, 2022

Mike Welch

4.3mi — 2h 26m

Sep 6, 2021

Ryan Mutch

Trail was in great condition, coming back up on the return trip was on the steeper side. 7.5mi — 3h 05m

Aug 21, 2021

Denis de REYNAL

Jul 29, 2021

Ashleigh Shunk

Sep 10, 2020

Toto Vo

Aug 5, 2020

Caro Torres

You can walk one mile more to get to the bridge. The pictures will be amazing. Round trip is 7 miles — 1h 18m

Aug 27, 2019

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Aug 11, 2019

Stephanie Falch

Aug 6, 2019

Doug Jones

Jul 10, 2019

Kyle Wood

Beautiful hike from the Diablo Dam up to Ross Damn. Be ready to hike all the way up to the top of the dam and then further to parking. 3.7mi

Jul 3, 2019

Michelle Rozsypal

4h 00m

May 27, 2019

Agnes Slusarczyk

8 miles round trip 8mi — 3h 00m

May 23, 2019

Margaret D

Apr 20, 2019

Christopher Harris

Sep 15, 2018

Jonathan R

3.7mi

Jul 14, 2018

Christy C

Jun 16, 2018

Jay Rosencrantz

May 28, 2018

Marc Hebert

Great workout! 8mi

Jul 1, 2017

T K

May 6, 2017

Nathan Godfrey

Aug 25, 2016

Anne Jubera

Apr 16, 2016

William Lin

7.4mi

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Diablo Lake Trail

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1,994' 608 m

1,229' 374 m

925' 282 m

810' 247 m

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