Crosscut Loop–In & Out, 3 sights
3.4 mi · ▲ 309 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Crosscut Loop–In & Out, 3 sights is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Tolt-MacDonald Park near Ames Lake, WA. It climbs 309 ft. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi351 – 512 ft4.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.64828, -121.95486
Nearest town Ames Lake, WA
Directions
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Crosscut Loop–In & Out, 3 sights
3.4 mi · ▲ 309 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Elevation 352–513 ft
Out & Back · Tolt-MacDonald Park
Trailhead: 47.64828, -121.95486
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:40 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right onto In & Out, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left onto Hot Wok, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Green Mamba, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hot Wok, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto In & Out, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Hot Wok, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto In & Out, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hot Wok, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Green Mamba, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto In & Out, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Hot Wok, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Sticks and Stones, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp right onto In & Out, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Sidewinder North, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Blair Witch Project, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Shinglewood Loop, heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto The Raven (unauthorized), heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Shinglewood Loop, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Fern World, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Chicane (unauthorized), heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Fern World, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Chicane (unauthorized), heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 300 ftSharp left onto Rabbit's Run, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Shinglewood Loop, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Crosscut Loop, heading SE.
- 0.6 miReach In & Out, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Shinglewood Loop, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Rabbit's Run, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Chicane (unauthorized), heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Fern World, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Chicane (unauthorized), heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Fern World, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Shinglewood Loop, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto The Raven (unauthorized), heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Shinglewood Loop, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Blair Witch Project, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sidewinder North, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto In & Out, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Sticks and Stones, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Hot Wok, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto In & Out, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Green Mamba, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Hot Wok, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto In & Out, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Hot Wok, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto In & Out, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Hot Wok, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Green Mamba, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hot Wok, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftSharp right onto In & Out, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
25% gravel13% dirt62% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:40 PM
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