Curry Gap & Quartz Creek Trail
16 mi · ▲ 3,126 ft · 6 hr 54 min
Curry Gap & Quartz Creek Trail is a 16-mile out-and-back in Wild Sky Wilderness near Monte Cristo, WA. The route reaches Curry Gap. It climbs 3,126 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 97/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Curry Gap & Quartz Creek Trail
16 mi · ▲ 3,126 ft · 6 hr 54 min
Elevation 2,390–3,954 ft
Out & Back · Wild Sky Wilderness
Trailhead: Quartz Creek Trailhead · 47.92669, -121.27725
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 69°F / low 45° · precip 1% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 5:45 AM · sunset 8:39 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Quartz Creek Trail, heading N.
- 4.2 miContinue straight onto Bald Eagle Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Curry Gap.
- 3.8 miReach Curry Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3.8 miContinue straight onto Quartz Creek Trail, heading S.
- 4.1 miArrive 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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