Bullet Car Trail–Franklin Ridge Trail #427, 5 sights
16.1 mi · ▲ 3,384 ft · 7 hr 4 min
Bullet Car Trail–Franklin Ridge Trail #427, 5 sights is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness near Saint Cloud, WA. It climbs 3,384 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Bullet Car Trail–Franklin Ridge Trail #427, 5 sights
16.1 mi · ▲ 3,384 ft · 7 hr 4 min
Elevation 1,429–3,186 ft
Out & Back · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Trailhead: 45.54932, -122.09194
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 57°F / low 44° · precip 30% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:42 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Larch Mountain Trail #441, heading SE.
- 2.2 miBear right onto Franklin Ridge Trail #427, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Larch Mountain Trail #441, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Multnomah Basin Road, heading S.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto The Way, heading NW.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto She Devil, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Bullet Car Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto North Viewpoint, heading W.
- 0.4 miReach Franklin Ridge Trail #427, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bullet Car Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Loop Trail, heading S.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto She Devil, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto The Way, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Multnomah Basin Road, heading SE.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto Larch Mountain Trail #441, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Franklin Ridge Trail #427, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Larch Mountain Trail #441, heading E.
- 2.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 7.4 mi in (~208 min). Leave by 3:55 PM for the 7:42 PM sunset. Back at your car by 12:09 AM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Larch Mountain Trail #441 1.9 mi · ▲ 527 ft
- Larch Mountain 3.2 mi · ▲ 959 ft
- Larch Mountain Trail #441 3.4 mi · ▲ 892 ft
- Multnomah Spur Trail #446 via Oneonta Trail #424 4.4 mi · ▲ 1,257 ft
- Larch Mountain Trail #441 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,607 ft
- Franklin Ridge Trail #427–Logging Road, 4 sights 15.2 mi · ▲ 3,243 ft
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