A Side–Bad Motor Scooter (158), 4 sights is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Seneca Fouts Memorial State Natural Area near Ericson View Tracts, WA. It climbs 2,614 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi157 – 2,051 ft · steepest grade: 25%10.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Historic Columbia River Highway 45.70265, -121.61991
Nearest town Ericson View Tracts, WA
Directions
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A Side–Bad Motor Scooter (158), 4 sights
8.8 mi · ▲ 2,614 ft · 4 hr 14 min
Elevation 157–2,050 ft
Out & Back · Seneca Fouts Memorial State Natural Area
Trailhead: Historic Columbia River Highway · 45.70265, -121.61991
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mitchell Point Trail, heading E.
- 1.4 miSharp right onto Seven Streams 100, heading E.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Cardiac Bypass, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right onto Seven Streams 100, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Lower 8 Track (150), heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Seven Streams 100, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto 106, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lower 8 Track (150), heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto 106, heading W.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Lower 8 Track (150), heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Mix Tape, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower 8 Track (150), heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mix Tape, heading S.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Upper 8 Track (150), heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Bad Motor Scooter (158), heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Upper 8 Track (150), heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto A Side, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Upper 8 Track (150), heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto A Side, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto 140 Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Mitchell Point Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto A Side, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Upper 8 Track (150), heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto A Side, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Upper 8 Track (150), heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Bad Motor Scooter (158), heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Upper 8 Track (150), heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Mix Tape, heading N.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Lower 8 Track (150), heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mix Tape, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Lower 8 Track (150), heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto 106, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Lower 8 Track (150), heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto 106, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Seven Streams 100, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lower 8 Track (150), heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Seven Streams 100, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Cardiac Bypass, heading NE.
- 300 ftSharp right onto Seven Streams 100, heading SE.
- 0.9 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Mitchell Point Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
91% dirt9% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:41 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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