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Crestline Trail–Greenline Climbing, 3 sights

10.5 mi · ▲ 2,089 ft · 4 hr 33 min

Crestline Trail–Greenline Climbing, 3 sights is a 10.5-mile out-and-back near Mima, WA. It climbs 2,089 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi584 – 2,444 ft · steepest grade: 20%11.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: McKenny 46.93698, -123.13119
Nearest town Mima, WA
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Crestline Trail–Greenline Climbing, 3 sights

10.5 mi · ▲ 2,089 ft · 4 hr 33 min

Elevation 584–2,445 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: McKenny · 46.93698, -123.13119

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 7:46 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on McKenny, heading N.
  2. 150 ftTurn left onto Greenline, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Wedekind, heading N.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Greenline, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right onto Greenline Climbing, heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Greenline, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto C-5750, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Greenline, heading NW.
  9. 250 ftContinue straight onto C-5750, heading N.
  10. 300 ftBear left onto Greenline Climbing, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miBear left onto C-5700, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftSharp left onto Greenline Climbing, heading N.
  13. 50 ftSharp right onto C-5700, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Greenline, heading N.
  15. 450 ftBear left onto Greenline Climbing, heading N.
  16. 1.4 miBear left onto Greenline, heading SE.
  17. 0.7 miTurn right onto C-4010, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftBear right onto Greenline, heading N.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto C-4010, heading N.
  20. 0.2 miBear left onto C-4017, heading N.
  21. 150 ftTurn right onto Greenline, heading W.
  22. 0.8 miContinue straight onto C-4200, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftTurn left onto Crestline, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftTurn left onto Crestline Trail, heading W.
  25. 0.4 miReach Greenline, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  26. 0.4 miTurn right onto Crestline, heading W.
  27. 50 ftTurn right onto C-4200, heading W.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Greenline, heading W.
  29. 0.8 miTurn left onto C-4017, heading NE.
  30. 150 ftBear right onto C-4010, heading NE.
  31. 0.2 miTurn left onto Greenline, heading SW.
  32. 50 ftBear left onto C-4010, heading SW.
  33. 50 ftTurn left onto Greenline, heading SW.
  34. 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
  35. 1.5 miContinue straight onto C-5700, heading E.
  36. 500 ftSharp left onto Greenline Climbing, heading E.
  37. 50 ftSharp right onto C-5700, heading E.
  38. 50 ftBear right onto Greenline Climbing, heading E.
  39. 0.3 miBear right onto C-5750, heading NE.
  40. 350 ftContinue straight onto Greenline, heading S.
  41. 250 ftContinue straight onto C-5750, heading S.
  42. 50 ftTurn left onto Greenline, heading S.
  43. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Greenline Climbing, heading SE.
  44. 0.3 miTurn left onto Greenline, heading W.
  45. 0.4 miBear right onto Wedekind, heading SE.
  46. 50 ftTurn left onto Greenline, heading SE.
  47. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  48. 100 ftContinue straight onto McKenny, heading S.
  49. 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/crestline-trail-out-back

Trail surface

24% dirt8% gravel68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 7:46 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.8 mi in (~162 min). Leave by 4:44 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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