1. Start on Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading N.
2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
3. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
4. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
5. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
6. 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
7. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
8. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
9. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
11. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
12. 450 ftSharp right, heading E.
13. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
14. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
15. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
16. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
17. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
20. 0.6 miBear right onto Valley Trail, heading NE.
21. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
22. 0.1 miPass Elm Creek Swim Pond.
23. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
24. 100 ftReach Elm Creek Swim Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
25. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
26. 350 ftBear left onto Medicine Lake Regional Trail, heading N.
27. 0.6 miSharp right, heading SW.
28. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
29. 350 ftSharp left, heading SW.
30. 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
31. 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
32. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
33. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
34. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
35. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
36. 250 ftSharp left, heading W.
37. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
38. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
39. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
40. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
41. 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
42. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
43. 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
44. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
45. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
46. 400 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/elm-creek-swim-pond-elm-creek-swim-pond-out-back-3-lakes-7-km