Asahel Curtis Nature Trail & Snoqualmie Tunnel via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail is an 11.3-mile out-and-back near Hyak, WA. It climbs 3,657 ft, with sections as steep as 69% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,936 – 4,016 ft · steepest grade: 69%11.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.39221, -121.39239
Nearest town Hyak, WA
Directions
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Asahel Curtis Nature Trail & Snoqualmie Tunnel via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
11.3 mi · ▲ 3,657 ft · 5 hr 36 min
Elevation 1,935–4,015 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 47.39221, -121.39239
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Transit-accessible: East Shuttle Stop stop 328 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading N.
- 2.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading W.
- 1.5 miSharp right onto Annette Lake Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Asahel Curtis Nature Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miReach Snoqualmie Tunnel, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Annette Lake Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading SE.
- 1.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 300 ftBear right onto Snoqualmie Tunnel, heading E.
- 2.5 miContinue straight onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading SE.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
73% gravel26% dirt1% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:09 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~97 min). Leave by 5:12 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: East Shuttle Stop stop 328 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 3.9 mi · loop · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- 5.2 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- 5.6 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- 5.7 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- 6 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- 7 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- 7.3 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
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- Lagoon cell #2 & Lagoon cell #1 via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail 1.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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