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C-8300 & Divide Trail North via C-8000

11.7 mi · ▲ 2,435 ft · 5 hr 7 min

C-8300 & Divide Trail North via C-8000 is an 11.7-mile out-and-back near New Kamilche, WA. It climbs 2,435 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi469 – 1,745 ft · steepest grade: 22%12.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: BPA-2715 47.03165, -123.09332
Nearest town New Kamilche, WA
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C-8300 & Divide Trail North via C-8000

11.7 mi · ▲ 2,435 ft · 5 hr 7 min

Elevation 470–1,746 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: BPA-2715 · 47.03165, -123.09332

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Rock Candy, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Rock Candy East, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right onto Divide Trail North, heading S.
  4. 1.4 miBear right onto B-8500, heading NE.
  5. 0.4 miBear left onto Divide Trail North, heading S.
  6. 0.7 miBear left onto C-8000, heading SE.
  7. 2.9 miContinue straight onto Waddell Basin West, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto C-8000, heading SW.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto C-8300, heading S.
  10. 50 ftReach Divide Trail North, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto C-8000, heading S.
  12. 0.4 miBear right onto Waddell Basin West, heading N.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto C-8000, heading NE.
  14. 2.9 miBear right onto Divide Trail North, heading N.
  15. 0.7 miBear right onto B-8500, heading NE.
  16. 0.4 miBear left onto Divide Trail North, heading NE.
  17. 0.8 miBear left, heading W.
  18. 0.6 miTurn left onto Rock Candy East, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto Rock Candy, heading NE.
  20. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/c-8000-out-back-21-km-da3a

Trail surface

62% gravel38% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 7:46 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~85 min). Leave by 6:01 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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