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WARNING

Although the route to Panhandle Gap is very scenic, the way is often covered with snow and difficult to follow before about mid-August.

RATINGS Scenery 6 Difficulty 5 Solitude 6 ROUND-TRIP DISTANCE 11.3 miles ELEVATION GAIN 1550 feet OPTIONAL MAP Green Trails: White Pass USUALLY OPEN Mid-July to October BEST TIMES Late August to early September and early to mid-October AGENCY Naches Ranger District (Wenatchee National Forest) PERMIT None. Northwest Forest Pass required.

Highlights

The southern William O. Douglas Wilderness is a relatively gentle landscape of countless lakes, wonderful meadows, and attractive forests. Perhaps the area’s most outstanding feature, however, becomes evident only from very late September through mid-October, when the millions of huckleberry bushes lining this area’s lakes and meadows turn bright orange and red, putting on one of the better fall-color displays in our region. Fortuitously, this is also a time when crowds are few and the mosquitoes, which can be voracious in July and early August, are nearly gone. Late August to early September is also a nice time to visit, since the lakes are reasonably warm for swimming and you can feast on all those ripe huckleberries.