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Kachess Lake–Little Kachess Viewpoint, 4 sights is a 15.1-mile out-and-back near Kachess Resort, WA. The route passes Kachess Lake and Little Kachess Viewpoint. It climbs 3,557 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,267 – 3,438 ft · steepest grade: 20%15.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.36289, -121.25221
Nearest town Kachess Resort, WA

Directions

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Kachess Lake–Little Kachess Viewpoint, 4 sights

15.1 mi · ▲ 3,557 ft · 6 hr 49 min

Elevation 2,266–3,439 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 47.36289, -121.25221

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:36 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left onto Little Kachess Trail, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftPass Kachess Lake.
  4. 0.1 miPass Little Kachess Viewpoint.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  6. 4.1 miTurn right onto Mineral Creek Connector, heading N.
  7. 0.4 miBear left onto Cooper Road, heading E.
  8. 2.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 100 ftReach Kachess Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 2.4 miBear right onto Mineral Creek Connector, heading SE.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left onto Little Kachess Trail, heading W.
  12. 4.1 miBear left, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

67% dirt32% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:36 PM

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