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B-1500–B-1510, 4 sights

11.8 mi · ▲ 1,875 ft · 4 hr 52 min

B-1500–B-1510, 4 sights is an 11.8-mile out-and-back near Delphi, WA. It climbs 1,875 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi978 – 2,448 ft · steepest grade: 27%12.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Waddell Basin West 46.96360, -123.11197
Nearest town Delphi, WA
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B-1500–B-1510, 4 sights

11.8 mi · ▲ 1,875 ft · 4 hr 52 min

Elevation 978–2,447 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Waddell Basin West · 46.96360, -123.11197

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Waddell Basin West, heading N.
  2. 350 ftContinue straight onto Divide Trail South, heading NE.
  3. 0.4 miContinue straight onto C-7000, heading NW.
  4. 150 ftBear left onto Divide Trail South, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto C-7000, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Divide Trail South, heading W.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto C-7000, heading W.
  8. 0.9 miContinue straight onto C-7050, heading W.
  9. 50 ftBear left onto C-7000, heading NW.
  10. 500 ftContinue straight onto Divide Trail South, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Mount Molly Loop, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto C-7000, heading W.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto The Grunt, heading W.
  14. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Capitol Peak, heading NW.
  15. 0.8 miContinue straight onto C-4400, heading NE.
  16. 350 ftContinue straight onto Larch Mountain West / Upper Twin Peaks, heading N.
  17. 1.1 miContinue straight onto B-1500, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto B-1510, heading W.
  19. 150 ftBear right onto B-1500, heading W.
  20. 1.7 miReach Divide Trail South, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 1.7 miBear left onto B-1510, heading SW.
  22. 100 ftContinue straight onto B-1500, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Larch Mountain West / Upper Twin Peaks, heading SW.
  24. 1.1 miContinue straight onto C-4400, heading SE.
  25. 350 ftContinue straight onto Twin Peaks, heading E.
  26. 0.8 miContinue straight onto The Grunt, heading S.
  27. 0.6 miBear left onto C-7000, heading E.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mount Molly Loop, heading E.
  29. 50 ftTurn left onto Divide Trail South, heading E.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto C-7000, heading E.
  31. 500 ftBear right onto C-7050, heading E.
  32. 50 ftContinue straight onto C-7000, heading E.
  33. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Divide Trail South, heading S.
  34. 50 ftContinue straight onto C-7000, heading S.
  35. 50 ftContinue straight onto Divide Trail South, heading S.
  36. 50 ftBear right onto C-7000, heading S.
  37. 150 ftContinue straight onto Divide Trail South, heading W.
  38. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Waddell Basin West, heading E.
  39. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/b-1500-b-1510-out-back-5-sights-19-km-f342

Trail surface

59% gravel41% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 7:46 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~110 min). Leave by 5:36 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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