Tuscohatchie Lake via Pratt Lake Trail

This is a beginner to intermediate hike, at the first mile the trail has it first break where you can go up to the Lookout. If you continue going straight, you'll find waterfalls and lakes on the trail. 2.5 Miles in on the trail is another turn to Ollalie and Talapus Lake. Continue onto the 4-mile maker and you will find another turn one to Island Lake and the other to Pratt Lake.

Pratt Lake is everyone's favorite destination, but hardly anyone goes the extra 1/2 mile to Lower Tuscohatchie Lake (photo of Lower Tuscohathie Lake) here I set up base camp and ran towards Kalateen Lake and then back up to Melakwa Lake. Hardly anyone on the trail and nothing but the peace and quiet of Mother Nature. The trip can be as long as you want ranging from 6 miles round trip to 22 miles round trip in one day

PERMITS / FEES:

• You will need a NW Forest Pass for parking (or pay cash at the trailhead) 
• A self-issue a backcountry permit at the trailhead

GETTING THERE:
To get to the Pratt Lake trail from Seattle drive east on I-90 to exit 47 (Asahel Curtis/Denny Creek). Turn north over the freeway, turn left at the T, and drive to the nearby Pratt Lake-Granite Mountain Lookout parking area. 95 percent of the folks who come here will head to the Lookout only 5 percent of the folks will head to the lakes.