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Yacolt Burn State Forest

Bells Mountain Trail

9.8 mi · ▲ 2,075 ft · 4 hr 18 min

Bells Mountain Trail is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Yacolt Burn State Forest near Alpine, WA. It climbs 2,075 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi978 – 2,205 ft · steepest grade: 17%10.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 45.80775, -122.43550
Nearest town Alpine, WA
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Bells Mountain Trail

9.8 mi · ▲ 2,075 ft · 4 hr 18 min

Elevation 979–2,206 ft

Out & Back · Yacolt Burn State Forest

Trailhead: 45.80775, -122.43550

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 3.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Sword Fern Way Trail, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  6. 0.7 miBear left, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right onto Bells Mountain Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Sword Fern Way Trail, heading NE.
  11. 1.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  12. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  15. 3.1 miArrive 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/bells-mountain-trail-out-back-16-km-9e79

Trail surface

28% dirt72% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:44 PM

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.

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