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Kachess Lake–Little Kachess Viewpoint, 4 sights is a 15.1-mile out-and-back near Kachess Resort, WA. The route passes Kachess Lake and Little Kachess Viewpoint. It climbs 3,557 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,267 – 3,438 ft · steepest grade: 20%15.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.36289, -121.25221
Nearest town Kachess Resort, WA

Directions

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Kachess Lake–Little Kachess Viewpoint, 4 sights

15.1 mi · ▲ 3,557 ft · 6 hr 49 min

Elevation 2,266–3,439 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 47.36289, -121.25221

Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 64°F / low 46° · precip 41% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:41 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left onto Little Kachess Trail, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftPass Kachess Lake.
  4. 0.1 miPass Little Kachess Viewpoint.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  6. 4.1 miTurn right onto Mineral Creek Connector, heading N.
  7. 0.4 miBear left onto Cooper Road, heading E.
  8. 2.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 100 ftReach Kachess Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 2.4 miBear right onto Mineral Creek Connector, heading SE.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left onto Little Kachess Trail, heading W.
  12. 4.1 miBear left, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 0.4 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

67% dirt32% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 64°F46°
Feels like50°Precip41%Wind3 mphUV5Humidity54%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°45° 12 AM: 16% rain1 AM: 10% rain2 AM: 3% rain3 AM: 2% rain4 AM: 3% rain5 AM: 2% rain6 AM: 2% rain7 AM: 3% rain8 AM: 2% rain9 AM: 3% rain10 AM: 2% rain11 AM: 3% rain12 PM: 7% rain1 PM: 13% rain2 PM: 21% rain3 PM: 27% rain4 PM: 35% rain5 PM: 32% rain6 PM: 26% rain7 PM: 41% rain8 PM: 19% rain9 PM: 3% rain10 PM: 1% rain11 PM: 1% rain
Sunrise 6:29 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:41 PM
Sat 64°49° 37%
Sun 66°50° 29%
Mon 65°46° 15%
Tue 75°49°
Wed 78°53°
Thu 64°51°

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