Buckhorn Wilderness

Cat Creek Loop–Gray Wolf Trail, 3 sights

7.5 mi · ▲ 1,193 ft · 3 hr 6 min

Cat Creek Loop–Gray Wolf Trail, 3 sights is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Buckhorn Wilderness near Happy Valley, WA. It climbs 1,193 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi958 – 1,453 ft · steepest grade: 27%7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Gray Wolf Trail 47.96540, -123.11522
Nearest town Happy Valley, WA

Directions

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Cat Creek Loop–Gray Wolf Trail, 3 sights

7.5 mi · ▲ 1,193 ft · 3 hr 6 min

Elevation 957–1,454 ft

Out & Back · Buckhorn Wilderness

Trailhead: Old Gray Wolf Trail · 47.96540, -123.11522

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 80°F / low 57° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:52 AM · sunset 8:47 PM

  1. Start on Old Gray Wolf Trail, heading SW.
  2. 1.1 miBear right onto Cat Creek Loop, heading E.
  3. 0.3 miBear left onto Gray Wolf Trail, heading SE.
  4. 2.3 miReach Old Gray Wolf Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 2.3 miBear right onto Cat Creek Loop, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miBear left onto Old Gray Wolf Trail, heading W.
  7. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

92% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 80°F57°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity31%
Hourly temperature
80°55°
Sunrise 5:52 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:47 PM
Wed 83°64°
Thu 84°62°
Fri 79°57°
Sat 76°59°
Sun 75°55°
Mon 78°58°

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