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Green Valley Trail & Northway Trail is a 13.3-mile out-and-back near Snoquera, WA. It climbs 3,793 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,885 – 6,785 ft · steepest grade: 32%13.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sand Flats Trailhead 46.96183, -121.48349
Nearest town Snoquera, WA

Directions

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Green Valley Trail & Northway Trail

13.3 mi · ▲ 3,793 ft · 6 hr 20 min

Elevation 3,884–6,783 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Sand Flats Trailhead · 46.96183, -121.48349

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:36 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Northway Trail, heading NW.
  2. 3 miTurn left, heading S.
  3. 1.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 1 miTurn left onto Green Valley Trail, heading S.
  5. 1.2 miReach Northway Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Northway Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  9. 4.5 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

22% dirt78% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:36 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.6 mi in (~190 min). Leave by 5:06 PM for the 8:36 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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