Bear Ridge Trail–Klondike Swamp Trail, 4 sights is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Coal Creek, WA. The route reaches Cougar Pass. It climbs 1,197 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi223 – 1,312 ft · steepest grade: 20%6.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Clay Pit Road 47.53376, -122.11297
Nearest town Coal Creek, WA
Directions
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Bear Ridge Trail–Klondike Swamp Trail, 4 sights
5.7 mi · ▲ 1,197 ft · 2 hr 30 min
Elevation 221–1,312 ft
Out & Back · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Trailhead: Clay Pit Road · 47.53376, -122.11297
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 71°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Clay Pit Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Coyote Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear left onto Clay Pit Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Klondike Swamp Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Cougar Pass Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftPass Cougar Pass.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto West Tibbetts Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Bear Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miReach Klondike Swamp Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto West Tibbetts Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Cougar Pass Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Klondike Swamp Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Clay Pit Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Coyote Creek Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Clay Pit Road, heading W.
- 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
16% gravel8% dirt76% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 71°F48°
Precip0%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity54%
Hourly temperature
75°45°
Sunrise 5:49 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:41 PM
Tue
80°57°
Wed
87°61°
Thu
89°53°
Fri
83°49°
Sat
80°49°
Sun
79°49°
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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