1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
2. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
3. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
4. 50 ftPass Rice Lake.
5. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Big Woods Regional Trail, heading W.
6. 0.1 miTurn left onto Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail, heading NW.
7. 2.1 miPass East Chaska Creek.
8. 400 ftBear left, heading W.
9. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
10. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
11. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
12. 1.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
13. 0.2 miPass West Pond.
14. 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
15. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Green Loop, heading NE.
17. 350 ftReach Rice Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
18. 350 ftSharp left, heading NE.
19. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
20. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
21. 1.2 miBear left, heading S.
22. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
23. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
24. 50 ftBear right onto Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail, heading SE.
25. 2.2 miTurn right onto Big Woods Regional Trail, heading E.
26. 1.2 miTurn left, heading E.
27. 450 ftSharp right, heading E.
28. 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/east-chaska-creek-east-chaska-creek-out-back-8-lakes-14-km