Hike · West Fork Pasayten trailhead

West Fork Pasayten

Distance

13.5 mi

Vertical

295 ft

Summit

7,287 ft

Difficulty

Moderate

The Pasayten River drains the high meadows and granite ridges of the Pasayten Wilderness on the Canadian border, eventually feeding the Similkameen River and, through it, the Okanagan and the Columbia. The West Fork branches off the main stem just north of Slate Pass and runs…

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From Slate Peak the Pasayten Wilderness rolls north into the West Fork valley, ridges fading into Canada on the horizon. — Brianhe · CC BY-SA 3.0

A quiet lake basin in the Pasayten Wilderness — sub-alpine larch and granite walls — characteristic of the high country above the West Fork. — Djs417 · CC BY-SA 4.0

High Pasayten ridges and the deep valley of the West Fork below, taken from the alpine country east of Slate Peak. — U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region · Public domain

Apex Mountain rises above conifer ridges in the Pasayten Wilderness, the kind of horizon the West Fork trail offers on its long valley walk. — Maurice King · CC BY 2.0

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