Table Mountain Natural Resources Conservation Area
Cedar Falls–Aldrich-PCT Bypass Trail, 5 sights
6.6 mi · ▲ 2,414 ft · 3 hr 24 min
Cedar Falls–Aldrich-PCT Bypass Trail, 5 sights is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Table Mountain Natural Resources Conservation Area near Moffetts Hot Springs, WA. The route reaches Cedar Falls. It climbs 2,414 ft, with sections as steep as 43% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Cedar Falls–Aldrich-PCT Bypass Trail, 5 sights
6.6 mi · ▲ 2,414 ft · 3 hr 24 min
Elevation 89–1,976 ft
Out & Back · Table Mountain Natural Resources Conservation Area
Trailhead: 45.65504, -121.96119
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 69°F / low 54° · precip 58% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:42 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left onto Carpenter Meadow Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Aldrich Butte Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Aldrich-PCT Bypass Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Aldrich-PCT Bypass Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading N.
- 1 miBear left onto Cedar Mountain Trail, heading W.
- 2 miPass Cedar Falls.
- 100 ftBear left onto Cedar Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Aldrich Butte Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Carpenter Meadow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading SE.
- 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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