Gillette Lake & Tamanous Trail #27 via Pacific Crest Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Yacolt Burn State Forest near Fort Rains, WA. The route reaches Gillette Lake at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 633 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi105 – 427 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Tamanous Trail #27 45.64999, -121.93377
Nearest town Fort Rains, WA
Directions
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Gillette Lake & Tamanous Trail #27 via Pacific Crest Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 633 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Elevation 105–427 ft
Out & Back · Yacolt Burn State Forest
Trailhead: Tamanous Trail #27 · 45.64999, -121.93377
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 69°F / low 54° · precip 56% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:42 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tamanous Trail #27, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NW.
- 1.7 miReach Gillette Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto Tamanous Trail #27, heading S.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
26% dirt74% unspecified
Weather
Light drizzleTemperature 69°F54°
Precip56%Wind4 mphUV5Humidity60%
Rained 0.3″ yesterday · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperatureRain chance
70°50°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:42 PM
Sat
70°54°
30%
Sun
75°55°
36%
Mon
74°53°
24%
Tue
82°55°
Wed
92°59°
Thu
82°64°
Good to know
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Greenleaf Pond–Gillette Lake, 7 sights 12.4 mi · ▲ 2,338 ft
- Table Mountain–West Table Mountain Viewpoint, 7 sights 14.7 mi · ▲ 3,994 ft
- Table Mountain Viewpoint–Greenleaf Pond, 8 sights 14.8 mi · ▲ 4,358 ft
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