Clearwater Trail
15.6 mi · ▲ 5,574 ft · 7 hr 59 min
Clearwater Trail is a 15.6-mile out-and-back in Clearwater Wilderness near Upper Mill, WA. It climbs 5,574 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 97/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,097 – 4,862 ft · steepest grade: 28%15.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.06963, -121.84705
Nearest town Upper Mill, WA
Directions
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Clearwater Trail
15.6 mi · ▲ 5,574 ft · 7 hr 59 min
Elevation 2,095–4,863 ft
Out & Back · Clearwater Wilderness
Trailhead: 47.06963, -121.84705
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Clearwater Trail, heading SE.
- 7.7 miReach Clearwater Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 7.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 400 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
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:11 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Summit Lake–Summit Lake Viewpoint, 4 beaches 5 mi · ▲ 1,681 ft
- Summit Lake Viewpoint–Summit Lake, 5 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 1,744 ft
- Summit Lake–Clearwater Wilderness Beach, 3 beaches 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,512 ft
- Clearwater Trail Loop 3.8 mi · ▲ 686 ft
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