Kachess Lake–Little Kachess Viewpoint, 5 sights is a 14.8-mile out-and-back near Kachess Resort, WA. The route passes Kachess Lake and Little Kachess Viewpoint before reaching Cooper Pass at the turnaround, 7.4 miles in. It climbs 3,347 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 92/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,267 – 3,429 ft · steepest grade: 21%15.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.35854, -121.24657
Nearest town Kachess Resort, WA
Directions
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Kachess Lake–Little Kachess Viewpoint, 5 sights
14.8 mi · ▲ 3,347 ft · 6 hr 36 min
Elevation 2,266–3,429 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 47.35854, -121.24657
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 64°F / low 46° · precip 41% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Kachess Lake.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Little Kachess Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miPass Little Kachess Viewpoint.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 4.1 miTurn right onto Mineral Creek Connector, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Cooper Road, heading NE.
- 2.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 450 ftPass Cooper Pass.
- 150 ftReach Kachess Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 2.6 miBear right onto Mineral Creek Connector, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Little Kachess Trail, heading W.
- 4.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
63% dirt33% gravel4% unspecified
Weather
Light drizzleTemperature 64°F46°
Feels like50°Precip41%Wind3 mphUV5Humidity54%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°45°
Sunrise 6:29 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:41 PM
Sat
64°49°
37%
Sun
66°50°
29%
Mon
65°46°
15%
Tue
75°49°
Wed
78°53°
Thu
64°51°
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Kachess Lake & Little Kachess Viewpoint via Little Kachess Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 594 ft
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