Kettle Creek Trail & Pleasant Valley Lake Trail Loop via American Ridge Trail is a 15.5-mile loop near Goose Prairie, WA. It climbs 4,381 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi3,314 – 6,263 ft · steepest grade: 28%15.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 46.95199, -121.30715
Nearest town Goose Prairie, WA
Directions
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Kettle Creek Trail & Pleasant Valley Lake Trail Loop via American Ridge Trail
15.5 mi · ▲ 4,381 ft · 7 hr 21 min
Elevation 3,315–6,262 ft
Loop
Trailhead: 46.95199, -121.30715
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Pleasant Valley Loop, heading SW.
- 1.2 miBear left onto American Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 11 miSharp left onto Pleasant Valley Lake Trail, heading W.
- 2.3 miBear right onto Pleasant Valley Loop, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
82% dirt18% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:09 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.8 mi in (~180 min). Leave by 3:49 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:05 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Pleasant Valley Loop 7.1 mi · ▲ 171 ft
- Pleasant Valley Barrier Free Trail & Pleasant Valley Loop 4.2 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- Pleasant Valley Loop 5.5 mi · ▲ 394 ft
- Crow Lake Way Trail & Pleasant Valley Loop 14.4 mi · ▲ 3,834 ft
- Pleasant Valley Loop 3.1 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Goat Creek Trail & Pleasant Valley Lake Trail via American Ridge Trail 13 mi · ▲ 5,124 ft
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