Babyshoe Pass, is a high pass within Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Forest Route 23 traverses the pass, northwest of Mount Adams in the

State of Washington Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Named for George Washington—the first U.S. president—the state was formed from the western part of the Washington ...

, between Mount Adams flank to the east and Babyshoe Ridge to the west. The pass separates the Lewis River Watershed and the Cispus River drainage. It was built to connect a Forest Highway (Forest Route 23) together, providing the main north-south access on the east side of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest and the many trails within or near the

Mount Adams Wilderness The Mount Adams Wilderness is a wilderness area in the U.S. state of Washington managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The wilderness encompasses an ecologically complex and geologically active landscape. Weather differs between the dry eastside ...

and the

Midway High Lakes Area Midway High Lakes Area, also known as High Lakes Area, is a United States Forest Service–designated area located in Washington (state), Washington’s Cascade Mountains. It lies on a high plateau on Mount Adams (Washington), Mount Adams' northwe ...

. The source of

Babyshoe Falls Babyshoe Falls drops , with a main drop of , in Babyshoe Pass. It is on an intermittent stream that drains a small marsh (0.25 square mile) on the south side of Babyshoe Pass, at an elevation of . It is located in the Midway High Lakes Area M ...

is a stream that drains through the pass.

Location

It is located at along with Primary Forest Route 23, between the Primary Forest Route 90 junction and the Primary Forest Route 21 junction. The pass is located in the

of Mount Adams, offering five high-elevation lakes within a seven-mile radius, the most popular being

Takhlakh Lake Takhlakh Lake is a lake situated northwest of Mount Adams (Washington), Mount Adams in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. It is fed by a few small unnamed inflow creeks originating near Takh Takh Meadows, tributary to the Cispus Ri ...

References

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