Cutthroat Pass
Cutthroat Pass Trail is a 5.5 miles trail in Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Washington. The forest has not published allowed uses for it.
Trail conditions, closures and hazards are not tracked here. The Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest official page carries current alerts and closure orders.
Map
One end Other endLine simplified to about 100 metres. Basemap from the USGS National Map.
| One end | 48.5564, -120.6548 · Directions ↗ |
| Other end | 48.5551, -120.7000 · Directions ↗ |
The ends are the two ends of the longest connected chain of segments. The record does not say which is the usual start.
The trail
| Length | 5.5 miles |
| Type | land trail |
| Accessibility | Not evaluated |
| Trail numbers | 483 |
| Forest | Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest (unit 0617) |
| States | Washington |
| Detail published | centerline only |
Values are the set across all segments. Class 1 is minimally developed and class 5 is fully developed. Grade and width are the forest's typical values, not measured extremes.
Trailheads
Open July · listed none No motorized vehicles allowed on trail. No mechanized vehicles allowed on the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail. No overnight camping or horses allowed at the lake. | 0 mi |
Distance is from the point to the nearest part of the trail line. Season text is what the forest wrote and is often a season name rather than a date. The recreation page link goes to the Forest Service site, which may redirect to the forest's recreation index.
Camping nearby
Campsite Atlas cards carry site counts and booking links from Recreation.gov. Forest Service cards come from the recreation layer and link the agency page.
Fire nearby
- WildfireSisi
15 mi from the trail midpoint · 3,676 acres · 5% contained
- WildfireThunder Creek
16 mi from the trail midpoint · 715 acres · 0% contained
- WildfirePtarmigan
27 mi from the trail midpoint · 25,166 acres · 73% contained
- WildfireMiners
29 mi from the trail midpoint · 144 acres · 0% contained
Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Closure orders are on the forest's official page.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest publishes this trail as a centerline only, with no class, surface or allowed uses. What is here is the name, the length and the line. The forest office has the rest.
Checked nightly. Sections appear as soon as the forest publishes more.
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Historic places nearby
Reference
Questions people ask
How long is the Cutthroat Pass Trail?
5.5 miles, the sum of the 1 segment the Forest Service records under this name in Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.
Source: Forest Service trail layer
What is allowed on the Cutthroat Pass Trail?
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest has not published allowed uses for this trail. The forest office can say what is open.
Where does the Cutthroat Pass Trail start?
The line begins at 48.5564, -120.6548 and ends at 48.5551, -120.7000. The nearest recorded trailhead is Cutthroat Trailhead, 0 miles from the line. The record does not say which end is the usual start.
Source: Forest Service trail layer
Is the Cutthroat Pass Trail in a wilderness area?
No. The trail line does not cross any polygon in the National Wilderness Preservation System layer.
Source: Wilderness Connect
Where can I camp near the Cutthroat Pass Trail?
Lone Fir Campground (2.2 mi) is within five miles of the trail. Site counts and booking links are on Campsite Atlas.
Source: Campsite Atlas
Who manages the Cutthroat Pass Trail?
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Forest Service unit 0617. The trail is in Washington.
Is there a fire near the Cutthroat Pass Trail?
4 active incidents within 50 miles of the trail midpoint as of 2026-09-17, the nearest Sisi at 15 miles. Check the forest's closure orders before you go.
Source: Fire nearby
Source
This page is built from 1 segment named CUTTHROAT PASS in the Forest Service TrailNFS_Publish layer, administrative unit 0617. Wilderness overlap is tested against the National Wilderness Preservation System layer from Wilderness Connect. Trailheads and Forest Service campgrounds come from the Forest Service Recreation Opportunities layer. Data refreshed September 17, 2026. The methodology page explains how segments become trails.