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
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Little Kachess Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Kachess Lake.
- 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 E.
- 2.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftReach Kachess Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.4 miBear right onto Mineral Creek Connector, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Little Kachess Trail, heading W.
- 4.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
67% dirt32% gravel1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:36 PM
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