Elwell & Ozimandias Falls via Youngs River Truck Trail
8.6 mi · ▲ 1,288 ft · 3 hr 31 min
Elwell & Ozimandias Falls via Youngs River Truck Trail is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Marckworth State Forest near Sultan, WA. The route passes Ozimandias Falls before reaching Elwell at the turnaround, 4.3 miles in. It climbs 1,288 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Elwell & Ozimandias Falls via Youngs River Truck Trail
8.6 mi · ▲ 1,288 ft · 3 hr 31 min
Elevation 538–1,642 ft
Out & Back · Marckworth State Forest
Trailhead: Cherry Valley Truck Trail · 47.77847, -121.85552
Weather Aug 3: Fog, high 73°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Youngs River Truck Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.5 miPass Ozimandias Falls.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miReach Elwell, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 1.8 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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