Pratt Lake

"Granite Mountain Trailhead, NF-9034, North Bend Amid all the trail and road work in Snoqualmie Pass this summer, one just-off-the-highway trailhead has no planned closures: I-90 Exit 47, where the Granite Mountain Trailhead beckons less than a mile from the interstate. You’ll share the trailhead with peakbaggers heading up to the summit fire lookout on Granite, but the trail to Pratt Lake forks left early on. If you’re looking for a shorter lake jaunt, this trail is also a backdoor approach to Olallie Lake, as a spur trail 3 miles into the hike leads that direction. But if you stick it out, the route to Pratt offers Rainier views along an 11-mile round-trip trek with 2,300 feet of vertical gain. The basin makes for a great backcountry camping destination. "