Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest · Washington

Skyline Divide

5.5 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 678 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse

Trailhead Skyline Divide Trailhead Drive there

Skyline Divide Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

$5/vehicle/day

Provides access to: Skyline Divide Trail 678 which accesses Mt Baker Wilderness.

Restrictions Skyline Divide Trail is open to hikers and llamas year round. Open to stock Aug. 1-Oct. 31. No campfires. <a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/mbs/recreation/?cid=fsbdev7_001639">Wilderness regulations</a> apply in Mt. Baker Wilderness.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.