Poodle Dog Pass
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| name = Poodle Dog Pass
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| elevation_m = 1329
| elevation_ref = {{GNIS|1524569|name=Poodle Dog Pass}}
| traversed = Silver Lake Trail #708{{cite book|title=Cascade Alpine Guide - Climbing and High Routes, Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass|author=Fred Beckey|year=2000|publisher=The Mountaineers Books}}
| location = Snohomish County, Washington, US
| range = North Cascades
| coordinates = {{coord|47|58|21.39|N|121|24|2.39|W|name=Poodle Dog Pass|type:pass_region:US-WA_source:gnis-1524569|display=inline,title}}
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| label = Poodle Dog Pass
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Poodle Dog Pass is a {{convert|1329|meters|adj=on}} pass in the Cascade Mountains of Snohomish County, Washington. It is just above Silver Lake in the Henry M. Jackson Wilderness; it was described in 1917 as "The pass at the head of Sunday Creek just before reaching Silver Lake from Monte Cristo" and was formerly part of a route between mining operations at Mineral City, Washington and Monte Cristo, Washington,{{citation|journal=The Mountianeer|location=Seattle|publisher=The Mountaineers|volume=10|date=December 1917|title=Report of the Committee on Geographic Names|pages=91–93}} which are now both ghost towns in Snohomish County.
According to one history, prospector Joseph Pearsall saw an enormous galena ore lode while surveying the countryside from Hubbart's Peak in 1889, took Poodle Dog to assess it, and his discovery led to the development of Monte Cristo.{{cite book|title=Stevens Pass: The Story of Railroading and Recreation in the North Cascades|first=Joann|last=Roe|publisher=Caxton Press|year=2002|chapter=Index and Skykomish|pages=149–}}{{rp|151}} According to another history, the pass was named in honor of a dog belonging to Frank Peabody, an associate of Pearsall.{{cite book|title=Hiking through History Washington: Exploring the Evergreen State's Past by Trail|author1-first=Nathan|author1-last=Barnes|author2-first=Jeremy|author2-last=Barnes|series=Falcon Guides|publisher=Globe Pequot Press|year=2014|chapter=Monte Cristo Townsite|pages=68–72}}{{rp|71}}
A primitive trail, Poodle Dog Pass-Silver Lake-Twin Lakes Trail (F.S. trail 708), leads to the pass and beyond. The U.S. Forest Service describes a steep, scree section up from the pass to a 5,400-foot viewpoint as "a system of braided, intermittent boot paths ... two miles that feel like five".[https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mbs/recarea?recid=17806&actid=50 Poodle Dog Pass-Silver Lake-Twin Lakes Trail 708], U.S. Forest Service official website, accessed August 21, 2023