1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
2. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
3. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
4. 0.2 miSharp left onto Old, heading SW.
5. 350 ftTurn right onto Cascara Trail, heading SW.
6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto 106 dr. Trail, heading SW.
7. 350 ftContinue straight onto Mainline Trail, heading S.
8. 0.7 miPass Ephemeral Pond.
9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Rogue Fern, heading SW.
10. 50 ftBear right onto Bike Park-Big Ring, heading SW.
11. 150 ftSharp left onto Bike Park-Little Ring, heading S.
12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mainline Trail, heading S.
13. 100 ftTurn left onto Bike Park-Big Ring, heading S.
14. 50 ftTurn right onto Mainline Trail, heading SW.
15. 250 ftSharp left onto Cedar Run, heading SE.
16. 0.3 miTurn left onto Southern Traverse Trail, heading N.
17. 0.7 miBear left onto Wetland Plateau Trail, heading NE.
18. 0.8 miTurn right onto Mainline Trail, heading NW.
19. 200 ftTurn left onto Cascara Trail, heading W.
20. 150 ftContinue straight onto Mainline Trail, heading NE.
21. 150 ftTurn right onto Whispering Firs Trail, heading NW.
22. 50 ftSharp left onto Mainline Trail, heading NW.
23. 150 ftTurn left onto Whispering Firs Trail, heading W.
24. 0.1 miTurn right onto Cascara Trail, heading N.
25. 0.1 miTurn right onto Old, heading E.
26. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
27. 0.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
28. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/ephemeral-pond-ephemeral-pond-out-back-6-sights-8-km