1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
2. 150 ftTurn right onto Private, heading SE.
3. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cottonwood Loop, heading SW.
4. 0.8 miSharp right onto Mossy Mountain Way, heading W.
5. 50 ftPass Tolt-MacDonald Park Beach.
6. 0.7 miBear right onto North Road, heading W.
7. 50 ftSharp left onto The Spine, heading W.
8. 50 ftTurn right onto Lower Spine, heading W.
9. 50 ftTurn right onto North Road, heading W.
10. 100 ftContinue straight onto The Spine, heading W.
11. 350 ftContinue straight onto North Road, heading N.
12. 0.2 miBear right onto Cousins, heading NW.
13. 150 ftBear left onto Almost Gone, heading W.
14. 50 ftTurn left onto Sidewinder, heading W.
15. 50 ftContinue straight onto West Road, heading W.
16. 400 ftTurn right onto Slow Burn, heading NW.
17. 50 ftTurn left onto Sidewinder South, heading NW.
18. 200 ftTurn right onto Singe, heading W.
19. 50 ftTurn left onto Slow Burn, heading W.
20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pitzilla, heading W.
21. 50 ftBear right onto Slow Burn, heading W.
22. 50 ftTurn right onto Blair Witch Project, heading W.
23. 150 ftTurn left onto Hot Wok, heading NW.
24. 150 ftTurn left onto In & Out, heading W.
25. 50 ftTurn right onto Green Mamba, heading W.
26. 50 ftBear left onto Hot Wok, heading W.
27. 50 ftContinue straight onto In & Out, heading W.
28. 50 ftBear left onto Hot Wok, heading W.
29. 50 ftTurn left onto In & Out, heading SW.
30. 50 ftBear right onto Hot Wok, heading SW.
31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Green Mamba, heading SW.
32. 50 ftTurn left onto Whiplash, heading SW.
33. 100 ftReach Karen's, then turn around and head back the way you came.
34. 50 ftTurn right onto Green Mamba, heading SW.
35. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hot Wok, heading SW.
36. 50 ftBear left onto In & Out, heading SW.
37. 50 ftTurn right onto Hot Wok, heading SW.
38. 50 ftBear right onto In & Out, heading SW.
39. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hot Wok, heading SW.
40. 50 ftBear right onto Green Mamba, heading SW.
41. 50 ftTurn left onto In & Out, heading SW.
42. 50 ftTurn right onto Hot Wok, heading SW.
43. 200 ftTurn right onto Blair Witch Project, heading SW.
44. 150 ftTurn left onto Slow Burn, heading W.
45. 50 ftBear left onto Pitzilla, heading W.
46. 50 ftContinue straight onto Slow Burn, heading W.
47. 50 ftTurn right onto Singe, heading SW.
48. 50 ftTurn left onto Sidewinder South, heading SW.
49. 200 ftTurn right onto Slow Burn, heading SW.
50. 50 ftTurn left onto West Road, heading SW.
51. 350 ftContinue straight onto Sidewinder, heading NW.
52. 50 ftTurn right onto Almost Gone, heading NW.
53. 50 ftBear right onto Cousins, heading NW.
54. 150 ftBear left onto North Road, heading NW.
55. 0.2 miContinue straight onto The Spine, heading SW.
56. 350 ftContinue straight onto North Road, heading W.
57. 100 ftTurn left onto Lower Spine, heading NW.
58. 50 ftTurn left onto The Spine, heading NW.
59. 50 ftSharp right onto North Road, heading NW.
60. 50 ftBear left onto Mossy Mountain Way, heading NW.
61. 0.7 miSharp left onto Cottonwood Loop, heading E.
62. 0.8 miTurn left onto Private, heading SE.
63. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
64. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/karens-out-back