1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
2. 150 ftTurn right onto Private, heading SE.
3. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cottonwood Loop, heading SW.
4. 0.8 miSharp right onto Mossy Mountain Way, heading W.
5. 50 ftPass Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach.
6. 0.7 miBear right onto North Road, heading W.
7. 50 ftSharp left onto The Spine, heading W.
8. 50 ftTurn right onto Lower Spine, heading W.
9. 50 ftTurn right onto North Road, heading W.
10. 100 ftContinue straight onto The Spine, heading W.
11. 350 ftContinue straight onto North Road, heading N.
12. 0.2 miBear right onto Cousins, heading NW.
13. 150 ftBear left onto Almost Gone, heading W.
14. 50 ftTurn left onto Sidewinder, heading W.
15. 50 ftContinue straight onto West Road, heading W.
16. 400 ftTurn right onto Slow Burn, heading NW.
17. 50 ftTurn left onto Sidewinder South, heading NW.
18. 200 ftTurn right onto Singe, heading W.
19. 50 ftTurn left onto Slow Burn, heading W.
20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pitzilla, heading W.
21. 50 ftBear right onto Slow Burn, heading W.
22. 50 ftTurn right onto Blair Witch Project, heading W.
23. 150 ftTurn left onto Hot Wok, heading NW.
24. 150 ftTurn left onto In & Out, heading W.
25. 50 ftTurn right onto Green Mamba, heading W.
26. 50 ftBear left onto Hot Wok, heading W.
27. 50 ftContinue straight onto In & Out, heading W.
28. 50 ftBear left onto Hot Wok, heading W.
29. 50 ftTurn left onto In & Out, heading SW.
30. 50 ftBear right onto Hot Wok, heading SW.
31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Green Mamba, heading SW.
32. 50 ftPass Karen's.
33. 50 ftTurn left onto Whiplash, heading SW.
34. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
35. 450 ftReach Ames Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
36. 0.1 miTurn right onto Green Mamba, heading NW.
37. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hot Wok, heading N.
38. 50 ftBear left onto In & Out, heading N.
39. 50 ftTurn right onto Hot Wok, heading N.
40. 50 ftBear right onto In & Out, heading N.
41. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hot Wok, heading N.
42. 50 ftBear right onto Green Mamba, heading NW.
43. 50 ftTurn left onto In & Out, heading NW.
44. 50 ftTurn right onto Hot Wok, heading NW.
45. 150 ftTurn right onto Blair Witch Project, heading W.
46. 150 ftTurn left onto Slow Burn, heading NW.
47. 50 ftBear left onto Pitzilla, heading NW.
48. 50 ftContinue straight onto Slow Burn, heading NW.
49. 50 ftTurn right onto Singe, heading NW.
50. 50 ftTurn left onto Sidewinder South, heading NW.
51. 200 ftTurn right onto Slow Burn, heading NW.
52. 50 ftTurn left onto West Road, heading NW.
53. 350 ftContinue straight onto Sidewinder, heading W.
54. 50 ftTurn right onto Almost Gone, heading W.
55. 50 ftBear right onto Cousins, heading W.
56. 150 ftBear left onto North Road, heading W.
57. 0.2 miContinue straight onto The Spine, heading S.
58. 400 ftContinue straight onto North Road, heading N.
59. 50 ftTurn left onto Lower Spine, heading N.
60. 50 ftTurn left onto The Spine, heading N.
61. 50 ftSharp right onto North Road, heading N.
62. 50 ftBear left onto Mossy Mountain Way, heading N.
63. 0.7 miSharp left onto Cottonwood Loop, heading E.
64. 0.8 miTurn left onto Private, heading SE.
65. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
66. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/ames-lake-karens-out-back-10-sights