Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Cave Hole Trail–Coyote Creek Trail, 8 sights
7.6 mi · ▲ 1,419 ft · 3 hr 15 min
Cave Hole Trail–Coyote Creek Trail, 8 sights is a 7.6-mile out-and-back in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near High Valley, WA. It climbs 1,419 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Cave Hole Trail–Coyote Creek Trail, 8 sights
7.6 mi · ▲ 1,419 ft · 3 hr 15 min
Elevation 440–1,454 ft
Out & Back · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Trailhead: West Access Trail · 47.51450, -122.07639
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 75°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on West Access Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Wilderness Cliffs Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right onto Whittaker Wilderness Peak Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Shy Bear Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Shy Bear Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Bypass Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Cave Hole Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Coyote Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Radio Peak Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach West Access Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Coyote Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Cave Hole Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Bypass Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Shy Bear Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Shy Bear Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Whittaker Wilderness Peak Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Wilderness Cliffs Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Squak Mountain Connector Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto West Access Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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