Hike · Jackita Ridge trailhead

Jackita Ridge

Distance

12.3 mi

Vertical

2,736 ft

Summit

6,808 ft

Difficulty

Very strenuous

Jackita Ridge is a 7,350-foot crest in the Pasayten Wilderness, part of the Hozameen Range subset of the North Cascades. The ridge rises in Whatcom County, Washington, between two named neighbors that define this stretch of the wilderness: Crater Mountain four miles to the…

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Jackita Ridge crests above Devils Park in the Pasayten Wilderness, autumn larches glowing along the lower slopes. — Martin Bravenboer · CC BY 2.0

Jackita Peak rises from the west ridge of South Jackita, the scree-and-meadow approach the trail traverses on its way north. — Martin Bravenboer · CC BY 4.0

Crater Mountain — the nearest higher neighbor to Jackita Ridge — seen across the Devils Creek drainage in late summer. — Martin Bravenboer · CC BY 2.0

Snowfields cling to Crater Mountain above the conifer-cloaked valley feeding Ross Lake. — Ron Clausen · CC BY-SA 4.0

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