Buteo Drop #4097–Gorge Trail #400, 4 sights
5 mi · ▲ 1,071 ft · 2 hr 12 min
Buteo Drop #4097–Gorge Trail #400, 4 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness near Stevenson, WA. It climbs 1,071 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Buteo Drop #4097–Gorge Trail #400, 4 sights
5 mi · ▲ 1,071 ft · 2 hr 12 min
Elevation 209–1,026 ft
Out & Back · Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
Trailhead: Herman Creek Trailhead · 45.68265, -121.84254
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 70°F / low 54° · precip 49% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:42 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Herman Creek Trail #406, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Talus Ridge Trail (NF8400-240), heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Herman Creek Trail #406, heading E.
- 0.7 miReach Talus Ridge Trail (NF8400-240), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Gorge Trail #400, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Buteo Drop #4097, heading NE.
- 1.1 miBear left onto Peregrination (West) #4906, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Talus Ridge Trail (NF8400-022), heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Herman Creek Trail #406, heading SE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Herman Creek Trailhead Trailhead
- Herman Creek Trail #406 2 mi · ▲ 572 ft
- Herman Creek Trail #406 2.4 mi · ▲ 761 ft
- Herman Creek Trail #406 2.7 mi · ▲ 758 ft
- Talus Ridge Trail (NF8400-022) & Talus Ridge Trail (NF8400-240) via Herman Creek Trail #406 2.7 mi · ▲ 791 ft
- Herman Bridge Trail #406E 3.2 mi · ▲ 1,024 ft
- Buteo Drop #4097–Gorge Trail #400 Loop, 4 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,101 ft
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