Inside Passage & Master Link
5.8 mi · ▲ 1,078 ft · 2 hr 28 min
Inside Passage & Master Link is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Tiger Mountain State Forest near Upper Preston, WA. It climbs 1,078 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,375 – 2,451 ft · steepest grade: 19%6.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.46636, -121.93069
Nearest town Upper Preston, WA
Directions
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Inside Passage & Master Link
5.8 mi · ▲ 1,078 ft · 2 hr 28 min
Elevation 1,375–2,452 ft
Out & Back · Tiger Mountain State Forest
Trailhead: 47.46636, -121.93069
Weather Aug 4: Mostly clear, high 70°F / low 47° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:40 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Main Tiger Mountain Road, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto NWT Connector, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Northwest Timber Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto NWT Bypass, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Atlas, heading SW.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Inside Passage, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Master Link, heading W.
- 1.1 miReach Inside Passage, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Inside Passage, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Atlas, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto NWT Bypass, heading S.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Northwest Timber Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto NWT Connector, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Main Tiger Mountain Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
50% dirt13% gravel37% unspecified
Weather
Mostly clearTemperature 70°F47°
Precip0%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity78%
Hourly temperature
70°45°
Sunrise 5:49 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:40 PM
Tue
79°57°
Wed
86°61°
Thu
87°56°
Fri
80°50°
Sat
78°50°
Sun
79°50°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Tiger Summit Trailhead (east Tiger Mountain State Forest) & NWT Bypass via Northwest Timber Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Northwest Timber Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 264 ft
- Atlas & East Bound And Down via Inside Passage 3.8 mi · ▲ 686 ft
- Inside Passage–Master Link, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 740 ft
- Northwest Timber Trail 4 mi · ▲ 349 ft
- Easy Tiger (upper) & The Legend via Northwest Timber Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 581 ft
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