Copper Ridge itinerary
Every published mile marker on the Copper Ridge route, in order, with the distance and elevation change between each one — and which permit each stretch needs. To watch dates and set alerts, go to the Copper Ridge Loop permit page.
Which permit covers this route
The Copper Ridge. One reservation is an ordered sequence of nights at named sites, issued by reservation.
- Stops mapped
- 9
- Across the markers
- 33.5 mi
- Published route length
- 33.5 mi
How long it takes: 3-4 days. That is the figure the permit publishes — this page does not divide the route into days, because no source records which stop you sleep at.
The stops below are the route's published mile markers, in order, with the elevations recorded against each one.
Distance and elevation change on each leg are the difference between the two published figures either side of it, so the legs are arithmetic on the markers and nothing more.
The Copper Ridge route, stop by stop
Mile 0.0
3,114 ft
Hannegan Pass Trailhead
End of USFS Road 32 off the Mt. Baker Highway. Parking requires a Northwest Forest Pass or America the Beautiful pass.
4.0 miles · 1,986 ft up to Hannegan Pass
Mile 4.0
5,100 ft
Hannegan Pass
The way in. The park warns of thin or collapsing snowbridges on this trail early in the season.
1.0 mile · 667 ft down to Boundary Camp
Mile 5.0
4,433 ft
Boundary Camp
Five miles and 2,000 feet in, hiker and stock, three sites of four. No campfires. The last water before the ridge.
3.2 miles · 768 ft up to Egg Lake
Mile 8.2
5,201 ft
Egg Lake
Three sites of four, composting toilet, food storage box, no campfires. One of only two reliable water sources on the ridge.
3.2 miles · 74 ft up to Copper Lake
Mile 11.4
5,275 ft
Copper Lake
Three sites of four east of the lookout, with a composting toilet and a food storage box. The last reliable water until the Chilliwack River.
7.5 miles to Chilliwack River Trail junction
Mile 18.9
Chilliwack River Trail junction
0.8 miles to Indian Creek Camp
Mile 19.7
Indian Creek Camp
2.7 miles to Brush Creek Trail junction
Mile 22.4
Brush Creek Trail junction
11.1 miles to Hannegan Pass Trailhead (loop end)
Mile 33.5
3,114 ft
Hannegan Pass Trailhead (loop end)
Getting a Copper Ridge for the dates you want
Planning the route is the easy half. Copper Ridge dates go fast, and the ones that come back are cancellations — they return to the booking system without warning and are gone again quickly. PermitSnag watches Copper Ridge around the clock and alerts you the moment a date opens.