Diablo Lake Trail
3.6 mi
Distance
1 hrs 53 min
Time
terrain
762 ft
Elev Gain
Overview
This is a easy one way trail in Ross Lake National Recreation Area.
This trail goes by Diablo Lake and Buster Brown.
Rate this Hike
★★★★★
Public Tracks
Diablo Lake Trail
This is on Stevens Pass, at Diablo Dam. The drive was incredible, made lots of stops. Spent probably an hour at the Dam taking pictures. The trailhead is shortly after the Dam on a dead end road. The trail is well maintained, nice elevation, not too steep. Followed animal tracks for quite awhile on the trail but never saw the animal. Really nice views in some spots but the power lines get in the way. Followed the trail to the next dam, the rest of the trail was closed due to a landslide. Stopped at the lake just before the second dam for lunch. Found some old structures out of bricks and stones, stairway that led to nowhere, the best part of the hike. Not one of our most interesting hikes, but pretty cool area.
Rob: Diablo Lake
This is on Stevens Pass, at Diablo Dam. The drive was incredible, made lots of stops. Spent probably an hour at the Dam taking pictures. The trailhead is shortly after the Dam on a dead end road. The trail is well maintained, nice elevation, not too steep. Followed animal tracks for quite awhile on the trail but never saw the animal. Really nice views in some spots but the power lines get in the way. Followed the trail to the next dam, the rest of the trail was closed due to a landslide. Stopped at the lake just before the second dam for lunch. Found some old structures out of bricks and stones, stairway that led to nowhere, the best part of the hike. Not one of our most interesting hikes, but pretty cool area.
Ross Lake Dam / Diablo Lake
Date: 6/23/12
Rating: 2.0 of 5.0
Difficulty: 3.0 of 5.0
Not great. Take ferry to dam instead.