Poodle Dog Pass is a 1,329-meter (4,360 ft) pass in the Cascade Mountains of Snohomish County, Washington.[1] It is just above Silver Lake in the Henry M. Jackson Wilderness; it was described in 1917 as "The pass at the head of Sunday Creek just before reaching Silver Lake from Monte Cristo" and was formerly part of a route between mining operations at Mineral City, Washington and Monte Cristo, Washington,[3] which are now both ghost towns in Snohomish County.
| Poodle Dog Pass | |
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| Elevation | 1,329 m (4,360 ft)[1] |
| Traversed by | Silver Lake Trail #708[2] |
| Location | Snohomish County, Washington, US |
| Range | North Cascades |
| Coordinates | 47°58′21.39″N 121°24′2.39″W / 47.9726083°N 121.4006639°W |
According to one history, prospector Joseph Pearsall saw an enormous galena ore lode while surveying the countryside from Hubbart's Peak in 1889, took Poodle Dog to assess it, and his discovery led to the development of Monte Cristo.[4]: 151 According to another history, the pass was named in honor of a dog belonging to Frank Peabody, an associate of Pearsall.[5]: 71
A primitive trail, Poodle Dog Pass-Silver Lake-Twin Lakes Trail (F.S. trail 708), leads to the pass and beyond. The U.S. Forest Service describes a steep, scree section up from the pass to a 5,400-foot viewpoint as "a system of braided, intermittent boot paths ... two miles that feel like five".[6]
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edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Poodle Dog Pass
- ^ Fred Beckey (2000). Cascade Alpine Guide - Climbing and High Routes, Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass. The Mountaineers Books.
- ^ "Report of the Committee on Geographic Names", The Mountianeer, 10, Seattle: The Mountaineers: 91–93, December 1917
- ^ Roe, Joann (2002). "Index and Skykomish". Stevens Pass: The Story of Railroading and Recreation in the North Cascades. Caxton Press. pp. 149–.
- ^ Barnes, Nathan; Barnes, Jeremy (2014). "Monte Cristo Townsite". Hiking through History Washington: Exploring the Evergreen State's Past by Trail. Falcon Guides. Globe Pequot Press. pp. 68–72.
- ^ Poodle Dog Pass-Silver Lake-Twin Lakes Trail 708, U.S. Forest Service official website, accessed August 21, 2023