Trailhead Ambassador – Pete Lake

Trailhead Ambassadors empower visitors to take care of our public lands through conversation and education. Volunteer Ambassadors serve as a welcoming presence at popular trailheads, answer trail and trailhead related questions, promote responsible hiker ethics like Leave No Trace, and collect trail use information for agencies and nonprofits.

Volunteers should be folks who enjoy talking to people and have a familiarity with Leave No Trace. In order to participate in this event, volunteers must take a short online training beforehand. The Kittitas Stewardship Coordinator will reach out with the training materials after volunteers register.

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Snacks

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Weather appropriate layers

Pete Lake Trailhead – From Cle Elum WA take Highway 903 N for about 7.6 miles. Continue on Salmon La Sac Road for another 9.2 miles. Then take a left on Forest Road 46 and follow for 4.7 miles. Take a right on Forest Road 4616 and follow for about a half a mile to the turn off for Pete Lake trailhead.

The 4-mile hike to stunning Pete Lake has a gentle grade for most of its length, with occasional steep stretches. For the first 2.5 miles, it heads up the valley floor through old-growth forest, sometimes crossing small creeks, and brining hikers into the Alpine Lakes Wilderness.