Paradise Valley Conservation Area

Cascara Trail–Southern Traverse Trail, 3 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 307 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Cascara Trail–Southern Traverse Trail, 3 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Paradise Valley Conservation Area near Echo Lake, WA. It climbs 307 ft. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi272 – 453 ft5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.79043, -122.07696
Nearest town Echo Lake, WA

Directions

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Cascara Trail–Southern Traverse Trail, 3 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 307 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Elevation 271–452 ft

Out & Back · Paradise Valley Conservation Area

Trailhead: 47.79043, -122.07696

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:40 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miSharp left onto Old, heading SW.
  5. 350 ftTurn left onto Cascara Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left onto Whispering Firs Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miSharp right onto Mainline Trail, heading E.
  8. 150 ftContinue straight onto Cascara Trail, heading NE.
  9. 150 ftTurn right onto Mainline Trail, heading E.
  10. 200 ftTurn left onto Wetland Plateau Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.8 miTurn left onto Southern Traverse Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.3 miReach Cascara Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto Wetland Plateau Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.8 miTurn right onto Mainline Trail, heading W.
  15. 200 ftTurn left onto Cascara Trail, heading NW.
  16. 150 ftContinue straight onto Mainline Trail, heading NW.
  17. 100 ftSharp left onto Whispering Firs Trail, heading NW.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right onto Cascara Trail, heading E.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right onto Old, heading N.
  20. 350 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  22. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SE.
  23. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Weather

Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:40 PM

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