AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Tolt-MacDonald Park

Cousins–Crosscut Loop, 3 sights

3.6 mi · ▲ 367 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Cousins–Crosscut Loop, 3 sights is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Tolt-MacDonald Park near Ames Lake, WA. It climbs 367 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi404 – 532 ft · steepest grade: 15%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: 290th Way Northeast 47.64160, -121.94819
Nearest town Ames Lake, WA
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Cousins–Crosscut Loop, 3 sights

3.6 mi · ▲ 367 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Elevation 405–530 ft

Out & Back · Tolt-MacDonald Park

Trailhead: 290th Way Northeast · 47.64160, -121.94819

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:40 PM

  1. Start on Hacked Through, heading N.
  2. 50 ftBear right onto Itt, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Hacked Through, heading NW.
  4. 150 ftBear left onto Severance, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hacked Through, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Da Rock, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miBear left onto Blair Witch Project / Go-Kart, heading NE.
  8. 450 ftTurn right onto Blair Witch Project, heading N.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pitzilla, heading N.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Slow Burn, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Singe, heading N.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Sidewinder South, heading N.
  13. 200 ftTurn right onto Slow Burn, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto West Road, heading N.
  15. 400 ftContinue straight onto Sidewinder, heading E.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Almost Gone, heading E.
  17. 50 ftBear right onto Cousins, heading E.
  18. 150 ftBear left onto North Road, heading NE.
  19. 300 ftTurn left onto Turnpike Alley, heading NE.
  20. 0.2 miSharp right onto Shinglewood Loop, heading SE.
  21. 0.2 miTurn left onto Fern World, heading NW.
  22. 150 ftContinue straight onto Chicane (unauthorized), heading NW.
  23. 100 ftContinue straight onto Fern World, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Chicane (unauthorized), heading NW.
  26. 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
  27. 300 ftSharp left onto Rabbit's Run, heading E.
  28. 0.1 miSharp right onto Shinglewood Loop, heading SE.
  29. 100 ftContinue straight onto Crosscut Loop, heading E.
  30. 0.6 miReach North Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  31. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Shinglewood Loop, heading NW.
  32. 50 ftSharp left onto Rabbit's Run, heading NW.
  33. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  34. 300 ftTurn right onto Chicane (unauthorized), heading S.
  35. 300 ftTurn left onto Fern World, heading S.
  36. 50 ftContinue straight onto Chicane (unauthorized), heading S.
  37. 100 ftContinue straight onto Fern World, heading SE.
  38. 150 ftTurn right onto Shinglewood Loop, heading S.
  39. 0.2 miSharp left onto Turnpike Alley, heading SE.
  40. 0.2 miTurn right onto North Road, heading NW.
  41. 250 ftBear right onto Cousins, heading NW.
  42. 150 ftBear left onto Almost Gone, heading W.
  43. 50 ftTurn left onto Sidewinder, heading W.
  44. 50 ftContinue straight onto West Road, heading W.
  45. 400 ftTurn right onto Slow Burn, heading SW.
  46. 50 ftTurn left onto Sidewinder South, heading SW.
  47. 200 ftTurn right onto Singe, heading SW.
  48. 50 ftTurn left onto Slow Burn, heading SW.
  49. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pitzilla, heading SW.
  50. 50 ftContinue straight onto Blair Witch Project, heading SW.
  51. 50 ftTurn left onto Blair Witch Project / Go-Kart, heading SW.
  52. 500 ftBear right onto Da Rock, heading W.
  53. 0.1 miTurn left onto Hacked Through, heading W.
  54. 50 ftContinue straight onto Severance, heading W.
  55. 50 ftBear right onto Hacked Through, heading W.
  56. 150 ftBear right onto Itt, heading W.
  57. 50 ftBear left onto Hacked Through, heading W.
  58. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cousins-crosscut-loop-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

24% gravel16% dirt60% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:40 PM

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