Icicle Ridge
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Icicle Creek
Central Cascades
updated 3 weeks ago
As of October 16, the Icicle Creek trail is mostly snow-free with minor obstacles. The road is rough but passable, with a closure approximately 1.6 miles from the Icicle Creek trailhead, requiring parking further down. Parking is limited at this point, but alternative options include the Chatter Creek trailhead or dispersed spots along the road. The pit toilet at Chatter Creek TH is still open and stocked. Both the Icicle Creek and French Creek bridges are out. At Icicle Creek, hikers were able to cross using rocks and a log. French Creek has a sketchy log bridge. In late July, July 21, the trail was noted as overgrown in places with numerous blowdowns and out bridges, and bugs were reported as terrible.
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Both the Icicle Creek and French Creek bridges are out. As of October 16, hikers were able to find rocks and a log to cross Icicle Creek, and a sketchy log bridge was present at French Creek. In late July, these bridges were also reported as out, necessitating water crossings.
The road is rough but passable as of October 16. There is a road closure about 1.6 miles from the Icicle Creek trailhead, necessitating parking further down. Parking at this point is limited.
As of October 16, there are some sections that are a bit overgrown and brushy but still easy to navigate, with helpful orange ties in areas of previous washouts and blowdowns. In late July, however, the trail was noted as having significant blowdowns and being overgrown in places.
As of October 16, there are no bugs reported. However, in late July, bugs were described as terrible.
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Recent3 weeks ago
Central Cascades > Leavenworth Area
We did this as a single day trail run: a counter clockwise loop from Icicle Creek trailhead > ran the forest road to Chatter Creek trailhead > up Chatter Creek to Lake Edna > Icicle Ridge trail > Fros...
Older3 months ago
Central Cascades > Leavenworth Area
Our party hiked a loop starting from Chatter Creek campground out along the Icicle Gorge trail, Icicle Road (past the closure due to washout) and on the Icicle River trail to where it intersects the F...
Older3 months ago
Central Cascades > Leavenworth Area
Do you like blowdowns, bushwacking, bridgeless water crossings, and biting insects? Boy howdy do I have a trail rec for you!!Day 1: Chatter Creek CG to Frosty-Wildhorse and Icicle Ridge Jct, via Rock ...
Older4 months ago
Central Cascades > Leavenworth Area
We hiked the Icicle Creek trail as part of 5-day backpack: See full reporthere.As per the description of this hike, this report only covers the section between the trailhead and the French Creek cross...
Icicle Creek, Upper Icicle Creek, Lorraine Ridge, Leland Lake & French Ridge — Friday, Jul. 10, 2026
Older4 months ago
Central Cascades > Leavenworth Area
The Alpine Washington Lake Baggers (just two of us this time) did a 5-day lake-bagging loop around the Upper Icicle Creek / French Ridge area. It was a spectacular tour of lakes, ridges, trails, almos...
Older4 months ago
Central Cascades > Leavenworth Area
OverviewWhat an epic loop! The views on icicle ridge are some of the most dynamic I've seen in Washington. Trailhead is very accessible, but west of Lake Edna there were some profound moments of solit...
Older4 months ago
Central Cascades > Leavenworth Area
We started at Icicle Creek. There's a 2-mile road walk due to a washout, but the road is flat. Both bridges are out. The French Creek ford crossing is good at the stock crossing. The second crossing's...
Older6 months ago
Central Cascades > Leavenworth Area
The road is washed out about 1/2 a mile from the TH. You can park on the side of the road and walk through the water, but we passed on that and hiked the Icicle Gorge trail instead.
Older11 months ago
Central Cascades > Leavenworth Area
This was a super easy stroll up to French Creek. There was hardly any elevation gain. The trail was snow free. I checked out the broken bridge. The river looked fordable but I didn't feel like getting...
Older11 months ago
Central Cascades > Leavenworth Area
I just needed to get outside so headed to Leavenworth and Icicle Road to check out conditions. We've had a very warm November to date. I drove passed Stevens Pass and there was no snow. No problem get...