Four magnificent lakes

Per Fred Beckey, the Citadel is "flanked by four magnificent high lakes: Circle, Vicente, Spade and Venus" (Cascade Alpine Guide).

  • Date:
    2022/08/12 to 2022/08/14
    Car-to-car:
    3 days
    Round-trip distance:
    27 miles
    Elevation gain:
    10,100 feet
    Trip type:
    scramble
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  • Day 1

  • Cathedral Pass Trail
    Cathedral Pass Trail
  • Peggy's Pond Trail
    Peggy's Pond Trail
  • Cathedral Rock over Peggy's Pond
    Cathedral Rock over Peggy's Pond
  • Cathedral Rock & Peggy's Pond from Circle Lake Trail
    Cathedral Rock & Peggy's Pond from Circle Lake Trail
  • Circle Lake Trail
    Circle Lake Trail
  • The Citadel
    The Citadel
  • Circle Lake outlet
    Circle Lake outlet
  • Camp at Circle Lake
    Camp at Circle Lake
  • Day 2

  • Circle Lake basin
    Circle Lake basin
  • Daniel/Citadel ridge
    Daniel/Citadel ridge
  • The Citadel
    The Citadel
  • Mount Daniel
    Mount Daniel
  • Ares Peak
    Ares Peak
  • Mount Daniel over Venus Lake
    Mount Daniel over Venus Lake
  • Venus Lake
    Venus Lake
  • Bear's Breast Mountain from the Ares/Citadel saddle
    Bear's Breast Mountain from the Ares/Citadel saddle
  • Spade Lake
    Spade Lake
  • Camp near Spade Lake
    Camp near Spade Lake
  • Day 3

  • Ares Peak over Spade Lake
    Ares Peak over Spade Lake
  • The Snoqualmie Range from the Spade Lake Trail
    The Snoqualmie Range from the Spade Lake Trail
  • Vicente Point's south ridge and Waptus Lake
    Vicente Point's south ridge and Waptus Lake
  • Vicente Point's south ridge and the Snoqualmie Range
    Vicente Point's south ridge and the Snoqualmie Range
  • Jerry Garcia Peak
    Jerry Garcia Peak
  • Lake Vicente
    Lake Vicente
  • Lake Vicente
    Lake Vicente
  • Citadel ridge over Lake Vicente
    Citadel ridge over Lake Vicente
  • Lake Vicente Tral
    Lake Vicente Tral
  • Lake Vicente Tral
    Lake Vicente Tral
  • Cathedral Rock
    Cathedral Rock
  • Cathedral Rock from the PCT
    Cathedral Rock from the PCT
  • Thimbleberry and bracken fern
    Thimbleberry and bracken fern

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