Greenleaf Pond–Gillette Lake, 7 sights is a 12.4-mile out-and-back in Yacolt Burn State Forest near Fort Rains, WA. The route passes Gillette Lake and Greenleaf Pond. It climbs 2,338 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi105 – 807 ft · steepest grade: 21%12.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Tamanous Trail #27 45.64999, -121.93377
Nearest town Fort Rains, WA
Directions
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Greenleaf Pond–Gillette Lake, 7 sights
12.4 mi · ▲ 2,338 ft · 5 hr 18 min
Elevation 105–809 ft
Out & Back · Yacolt Burn State Forest
Trailhead: Tamanous Trail #27 · 45.64999, -121.93377
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:42 PM
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 miPass Gillette Lake.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miPass Greenleaf Pond.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Two Chiefs Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Aldrich Butte Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Cedar Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Aldrich Butte Cutoff Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miReach Greenleaf Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Cedar Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Aldrich Butte Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Two Chiefs Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NE.
- 3.8 miTurn right onto Tamanous Trail #27, heading SE.
- 0.5 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
31% dirt69% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:42 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Cedar Falls–Greenleaf Pond, 7 sights 11.5 mi · ▲ 2,030 ft
- Table Mountain–West Table Mountain Viewpoint, 7 sights 14.7 mi · ▲ 3,994 ft
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