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Blowout Mountain Trail #1318 & Forest Road 4110-129 via Pacific Crest Trail

13.5 mi · ▲ 3,852 ft · 6 hr 26 min

Blowout Mountain Trail #1318 & Forest Road 4110-129 via Pacific Crest Trail is a 13.5-mile out-and-back near Cougar Valley, WA. It climbs 3,852 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,442 – 5,656 ft · steepest grade: 25%13.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pacific Crest Trail 47.13745, -121.34709
Nearest town Cougar Valley, WA
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Blowout Mountain Trail #1318 & Forest Road 4110-129 via Pacific Crest Trail

13.5 mi · ▲ 3,852 ft · 6 hr 26 min

Elevation 4,442–5,656 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Pacific Crest Trail · 47.13745, -121.34709

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:41 PM

  1. Start on Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
  2. 4 miContinue straight onto Blowout Mountain Trail #1318, heading NE.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left onto Old Blowout Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miBear left onto Blowout Mountain Trail #1318, heading E.
  5. 1 miBear right onto Forest Road 4110-119, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right onto Forest Road 4110-130, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Forest Road 4110-129, heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miReach Blowout Mountain Trail #1318, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right onto Forest Road 4110-130, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Forest Road 4110-119, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miBear left onto Blowout Mountain Trail #1318, heading SW.
  14. 1 miBear right onto Old Blowout Mountain Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right onto Blowout Mountain Trail #1318, heading W.
  16. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SW.
  17. 3.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/blowout-mountain-trail-1318-forest-road-4110-129-out-back

Trail surface

59% dirt41% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:41 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~81 min). Leave by 6:00 PM for the 7:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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