Cheap Things To Do in Index, Washington

A word of caution: pack lots of film for this trip. A long, beautiful walk up a meadow-filled river valley leads to one of the prettiest alpine passes in the state. Click, click, click. The camera has seen lots of use already, right? ... More on Trails

'Blanca Lake' is located in the Henry M. Jackson Wilderness Area in the Cascade Mountains of the U.S. state of Washington. Blanca Lake sits in a basin surrounded by the peaks of Monte Cristo, Kyes, and Columbia. The lake is fed by ... More on Wikipedia

'Columbia Glacier' is a glacier located in the Henry M. Jackson Wilderness in the U.S. state of Washington. It rises from 4,700 (1,432 m) to about 5,600 feet (1,706 m) above sea level. It is surrounded ... More on Wikipedia

'Virgin Lake' is a small lake located at the edge of the Henry M. Jackson Wilderness Area along the Blanca Lake Trail in Washington, USA. The lake is 4,577 ft. (1,395 m) above sea level. Due to its elevation, and the ... More on Wikipedia

The Index Picket Museum preserves and interprets this small town's mining, logging, railroad and social history with artifacts ... More on MuseumsUSA.org

The short, very popular, and much-used trail along the rushing Miller River leads quite quickly to one of the largest forest lakes in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Opportunities for water activities... More on Trails

This trail was well maintained and beautiful. It was a bit of a climb towar More on Trails

Big Snow Mountain lies just north of the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River. Its domed summit provides large-scale ski descents well into June, while its central position provides a spectacular vantage for viewing the North-Central ... More on Trails

This historical trail lures all kinds of people: mountain bikers, hikers, gold panners, miners, geologists, historians... you name it. The trail runs next to Silver Creek on doubletrack that used to be a forest road. Now overgrown ... More on Trails

Although its a steady climb, this rocky forest road leads to great vistas of mountains rarely seen from this angle. There ... More on Trails

Gunn Peak is the prominent, sharp rock rising to the east above the town of Index. It is the highest of a group of craggy 6,000-foot peaks rising between the North Fork and South Fork Skykomish River. This group includes Merchant ... More on Trails