Table Mountain Natural Resources Conservation Area
Aldrich Butte Cutoff Trail–Cedar Creek Trail, 3 sights
14.7 mi · ▲ 3,440 ft · 6 hr 37 min
Aldrich Butte Cutoff Trail–Cedar Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 14.7-mile out-and-back in Table Mountain Natural Resources Conservation Area near Moffetts Hot Springs, WA. It climbs 3,440 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Aldrich Butte Cutoff Trail–Cedar Creek Trail, 3 sights
14.7 mi · ▲ 3,440 ft · 6 hr 37 min
Elevation 284–1,587 ft
Out & Back · Table Mountain Natural Resources Conservation Area
Trailhead: 45.70016, -121.94065
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 65°F / low 51° · precip 56% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:42 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Two Chiefs Trail, heading W.
- 2.6 miContinue straight onto RIDGE CUT OFF, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Two Chiefs Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Two Chiefs Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Aldrich Butte Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Cedar Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Aldrich Butte Cutoff Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miReach Two Chiefs Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Cedar Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Aldrich Butte Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Two Chiefs Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Two Chiefs Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto RIDGE CUT OFF, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Two Chiefs Trail, heading E.
- 2.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Two Chiefs Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 1,766 ft
- Two Chiefs Trail 8.4 mi · ▲ 2,033 ft
- Two Chiefs Trail 8.5 mi · ▲ 2,033 ft
- Gillette Lake & Pacific Crest Trail 8.9 mi · ▲ 2,118 ft
- Two Chiefs Trail 13.6 mi · ▲ 3,055 ft
- Carpenter Meadow Trail & Two Chiefs Trail 14.2 mi · ▲ 3,110 ft
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