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Kelley's Gap Road is a 5.1-mile out-and-back near Snoquera, WA. It climbs 1,895 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi4,344 – 5,873 ft · steepest grade: 28%5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: South Trail 46.94009, -121.47224
Nearest town Snoquera, WA

Directions

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Kelley's Gap Road

5.1 mi · ▲ 1,895 ft · 2 hr 39 min

Elevation 4,345–5,874 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: South Trail · 46.94009, -121.47224

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:09 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on South Trail, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftSharp right onto Blue Bell Loop, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Gold Hill Road East, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  5. 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left onto Kelley's Gap Road, heading NW.
  7. 1.9 miReach Kelley's Gap Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 500 ftSharp right onto Gold Hill Road East, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Bell Loop, heading NE.
  12. 0.3 miSharp left onto South Trail, heading N.
  13. 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

96% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:51 AMSunset 7:09 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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