page_title: Holden Village, Washington
section_title: Hiking
hierarchical_section_title: Holden Village, Washington / Holden Village today / Hiking
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of the exterior of the Holden dining hall, with mountain in the background. (June 2010)
context_page_description: Holden Village is a year-round Lutheran Christian center in the North Cascade mountains of the U.S. state of Washington. Formerly the site of one of the largest copper mines in the United States, the Holden mine, Holden is accessible only by the Lake Chelan passenger ferry, the Lady of the Lake, or by hiking in through the Cascade Mountains. Holden Village is the largest retreat center in the nation operating under a special use permit from the United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service.
context_section_description: In addition to short day-hikes in the mountains surrounding the Village, through-hikers can reach it on foot from several routes.
  The primary and most popular route starts at the Phelps Creek Trail head near the end of Chiwawa River Road. The route is mostly flat for 5 miles (8.0 km), then climbs quickly up Spider Glacier to Spider Gap, and then down through the Lyman Lakes (located about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Holden), at which point a well-defined trail leads into Holden along Railroad Creek and past Hart Lake.
  Hikers from the western side of the mountains can access Holden with a 14-mile (23 km) hike up the Suiattle River Trail and Pacific Crest Trail to Suiattle Pass, leaving only a 2-mile (3.2 km) hike to Lyman Lakes via Cloudy Pass.
  Holden is accessible from Stehekin via semi-direct trails through Devore Creek and Hilgard Pass, While the 2015 Wolverine Fire destroyed much of the trail system in the area, trail crews have now restored the trails to trekking order.
caption: Picture of the Dining Hall's exterior, June 2010. (Copper Peak in background)
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