Bells Mountain Trail
10 mi · ▲ 1,437 ft · 4 hr 3 min
Bells Mountain Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back in Yacolt Burn State Forest near Alpine, WA. It climbs 1,437 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Bells Mountain Trail
10 mi · ▲ 1,437 ft · 4 hr 3 min
Elevation 846–1,564 ft
Out & Back · Yacolt Burn State Forest
Trailhead: 45.79691, -122.40225
Weather Sep 4: Rain, high 61°F / low 49° · precip 51% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Bells Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 3.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
- 2.9 miTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:24 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:44 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:15 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Sword Fern Way Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 950 ft
- Bells Mountain Trail 8.2 mi · ▲ 1,559 ft
- Moulton Falls–East Fork of the Lewis River Viewpoint, 3 sights 9 mi · ▲ 2,379 ft
- Mr. Bojangles & Sword Fern Way Trail via Bells Mountain Trail 9.3 mi · ▲ 1,937 ft
- Bells Mountain Trail 10.4 mi · ▲ 1,865 ft
- BG-3000 & Sword Fern Way Trail via Bells Mountain Trail 11.6 mi · ▲ 2,658 ft
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