Name: Lake Serene Trail #1068
Rating: 4.5

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Features Lake · Swimming · Waterfall

As of Jun 4, 2016, camping and campfires are still prohibited within 1/4 mile of Lake Serene.

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Get a look at Bridal Veil Falls approximately halfway up the trail to Lake Serene before you start the switchbacks up to the lake. As you climb up the side of the mountain to the lake, you get a good view of the valley below right before you cross over a saddle into the bowl the lake sits in. The water is clear, with several shorepoints to enter the water for a swim.

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Land Manager: USFS - Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Office

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4.5 from 67 votes

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4.5 from 67 votes

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Aug 21, 2025

Adan Reyes

Jun 8, 2024

Mark P

Apr 13, 2024

David Scott

Aug 13, 2023

Beth N

Aug 12, 2023

Aldous William Eaton

Aug 5, 2023

Turen Turenz

7.2mi — 6h 00m

Jun 24, 2023

John Eun

Jun 24, 2023

John Eun

Sep 4, 2022

Chandler Gardiner

Aug 13, 2022

Aayush Chaudhary

Jul 23, 2022

Torren Valdez

Trail was clear except for a few small fallen trees. Stopped at the lake for a bit to swim and have a snack and then I headed back down. Just a han… 7.6mi — 3h 50m

Jul 16, 2022

Amarbat Pashka

May 30, 2022

Daniel Shapiro

Apr 9, 2022

Xzill Erationer

Jul 12, 2021

Gregg Combs

Jul 3, 2021

bushranger 27

Go P at yn

Jun 21, 2021

Derek Weiler

Jun 19, 2021

Naresh G

Dec 2, 2020

Private User

Sep 9, 2020

C B

Epic trail run...each to twist ankle in switchbacks 7mi — 3h 00m

Sep 7, 2020

David Scott

Aug 22, 2020

David Scott

Jul 26, 2020

Smith Zhu

Jul 19, 2020

Rachel Dier

Easy start and a steep second half. Lake is beautiful and the trail is well-maintained. — 4h 02m

Jul 14, 2020

David Scott

Jul 11, 2020

Venkat R Gandlapathi

Jun 29, 2020

kiam foo

Jun 29, 2020

Jojo Lee

Jun 25, 2020

Troy S

Jun 7, 2020

Private User

Sep 28, 2019

Rachel Dier

9.5mi

Sep 2, 2019

Garret Maier

Aug 11, 2019

Jay Pan

Aug 11, 2019

Rodrigo Cisneros

8mi — 5h 00m

Jul 28, 2019

Bryan Vanderipe

7mi — 5h 30m

Jul 28, 2019

Shun Kanazawa

9.2mi — 4h 22m

Jul 27, 2019

Murali Krishnan

Jul 17, 2019

Jesse Klug

Jul 7, 2019

Saurav Pandey

8.5mi — 4h 44m

Jul 7, 2019

Shaheen Page

3h 00m

Jun 29, 2019

Chelsea Hillis

With Bridal Veil Falls 9.5mi — 5h 05m

Jun 28, 2019

G C

200 up (+falls) 130 down — 3h 30m

Jun 23, 2019

Morgan Skiles

Jun 22, 2019

Private User

Jun 16, 2019

Julien Naegeli

May 27, 2019

Vladimir Duk

7.5mi — 4h 00m

May 11, 2019

Cody Furrow

May 5, 2019

Hannah

Beautiful! Stairs for days. 8.5mi — 6h 40m

May 5, 2019

Matthew P

May 4, 2019

Chris K

nice hike, beautiful lake. not too long or hard. some up hills that are steep and steps.

Apr 30, 2019

Lal W.

Beautiful hike! I say the best, longest, most difficult hike I've done so far. But the reward is amazing! Awesome waterfalls, majestic scene! 8mi — 6h 01m

Apr 20, 2019

Esteban Contreras

Foggy...will have to do again

Feb 2, 2019

Torren Valdez

7.5mi

Jan 27, 2019

paige wagar

8mi

Jan 22, 2019

Claire S

7mi

Jan 20, 2019

M Chow

8mi

Jan 19, 2019

Abbie Kohmetscher

We did this hike this past Saturday and included an excursion to Bridal Veil falls- very accessible winter hike that doesn't require snowshoes. 8mi — 4h 00m

Dec 10, 2018

Nicholas Bowers

Dec 2, 2018

Jay Rosencrantz

Nov 8, 2018

Andy Hutchins

Oct 13, 2018

Dan B dbaines22@live.com

Started 845a

Sep 29, 2018

Derek Lee

8.5mi — 4h 00m

Sep 9, 2018

Chris C

8mi

Sep 8, 2018

Al G

9.1mi

Jun 17, 2018

callmemimi v

May 26, 2018

Jeffery Olson

Closed until July 2018

Feb 3, 2018

Ingo Tews

Jan 22, 2018

Julia Proctor

Jan 14, 2018

Jordan Hathaway

8.2mi

Jan 7, 2018

Bri Rohrig

Nov 24, 2017

Ethan Vu

3.5mi

Nov 15, 2017

Linda Kim

Oct 7, 2017

George Moffat

Sep 23, 2017

Ryan W

Aug 15, 2017

Holger Hoffmann

Aug 11, 2017

LiChien Wang

Love it!!

Aug 1, 2017

Julie Perrin

Jul 19, 2017

Jenn Rees

Jul 16, 2017

Jenny Greenland

7.5mi

Jul 16, 2017

Erickson Almeida

Jul 14, 2017

Tyler Staudacher

W/Matty

Jul 6, 2017

Angela Carter

Jul 3, 2017

Scott Wonderly

Jun 23, 2017

Andy Arnold

Great hike with lots of steps! 3.5mi

Jun 20, 2017

Odin Nelson

8mi — 4h 00m

Jun 17, 2017

Steven Yu

8.2mi

Jun 14, 2017

Peter Chen

May 29, 2017

Jess Liu

May 28, 2017

Jennifer Zylstra

2.2mi

May 22, 2017

Jordan Renaud

Tough but rewarding climb 7mi

May 22, 2017

Hannah Davis

8mi

May 20, 2017

Kaitlyn Beuschlein

Easy trail for the first half. Then there were a lot of switch backs and a lot of stairs to climb. Very pretty at the lake but not a beginner hike. 8.2mi

May 20, 2017

Oleg Pah

May 7, 2017

Lori Rohde

May 6, 2017

Kit Reed

Very awesome hike. I would suggest getting there really early. We were the second car to arrive. It when we left there were close to 50. 8.3mi

Apr 15, 2017

Gaurav Khanna

Apr 7, 2017

Sean Goodwin

snow but do able 2.8mi

Nov 19, 2016

Adamson Bryant

with Clare and George

Sep 25, 2016

Stacy Bernash

Sep 9, 2016

Katy Fairbanks

Did a side trek to Bridal Veil Falls for pictures and view. 8.2mi — 6h 00m

Aug 27, 2016

Caitlin Sylvester

7.2mi

Aug 22, 2016

Jeff Rowe

Aug 21, 2016

Raleigh Molina

5h 30m

Aug 17, 2016

Alex Malouf

9mi — 4h 20m

Aug 13, 2016

Kimberly Davis

Aug 10, 2016

Julia Lats

Jul 3, 2016

Matt S

Jun 25, 2016

Ryan Anderson

Trailhead to fork - 2.25 mi Fork to falls and back - 1 mi Fork to summit - 2.5 mi Summit to Trailhead - 4.75 10.5mi

Jun 25, 2016

Ian Voorn

Jun 24, 2016

P S

Jun 18, 2016

Sarah Shafer

great hike! so many stairs....! but the hike to the falls and to the lake are both awesome!

Jun 4, 2016

William Lin

7.8mi — 5h 00m

May 21, 2016

Chris Clayton

7mi

Jun 14, 2015

Matt S

Jul 5, 2014

Robert Mahaffey

Jul 1, 1979

Cassie Phillips

With Bob, Ed, & John; date not recorded

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Lake Serene Trail #1068

“A climb up the side up a mountain to secluded and beautiful Lake Serene. ”

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