North Fork Skykomish Trail & Pass Creek Trail
13 mi · ▲ 2,355 ft · 5 hr 31 min
North Fork Skykomish Trail & Pass Creek Trail is a 13-mile out-and-back in Wild Sky Wilderness near Monte Cristo, WA. It climbs 2,355 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 99/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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North Fork Skykomish Trail & Pass Creek Trail
13 mi · ▲ 2,355 ft · 5 hr 31 min
Elevation 2,497–4,212 ft
Out & Back · Wild Sky Wilderness
Trailhead: Quartz Creek Trailhead · 47.92669, -121.27725
Weather Sep 4: Light snow, high 61°F / low 45° · precip 27% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:42 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Forest Road 63, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto West Cady Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto North Fork Skykomish Trail, heading E.
- 2.8 miBear right onto Pass Creek Trail, heading E.
- 3.5 miReach North Fork Skykomish Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3.5 miBear left onto North Fork Skykomish Trail, heading SW.
- 2.8 miContinue straight onto West Cady Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto North Fork Skykomish Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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