Cougar Ridge Moto Trail via Jones Creek Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 1,017 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Cougar Ridge Moto Trail via Jones Creek Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Yacolt Burn State Forest near Molfait Tracts, WA. It climbs 1,017 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Cougar Ridge Moto Trail via Jones Creek Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 1,017 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Elevation 1,141–1,981 ft
Out & Back · Yacolt Burn State Forest
Trailhead: 45.66697, -122.25451
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn left onto L-1580 Road, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Jones Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Cougar Ridge Moto Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miReach Cougar Ridge Moto Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Jones Creek Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto L-1580 Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~71 min). Leave by 6:12 PM for the 7:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- L-1580 Road 1.9 mi · ▲ 199 ft
- Jones Creek Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 433 ft
- Jones Creek Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 487 ft
- L-1580 Road 3.2 mi · ▲ 490 ft
- L-1580 Road 4.9 mi · ▲ 782 ft
- L-1580 Road 5.4 mi · ▲ 957 ft
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