Middle Fork Snoqualmie Natural Resources Conservation Area
Little Balcony–Ira Spring Connector, 3 sights
2.9 mi · ▲ 699 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Little Balcony–Ira Spring Connector, 3 sights is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Middle Fork Snoqualmie Natural Resources Conservation Area near Garcia, WA. The route reaches Little Balcony at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 699 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Little Balcony–Ira Spring Connector, 3 sights
2.9 mi · ▲ 699 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 2,152–2,729 ft
Out & Back · Middle Fork Snoqualmie Natural Resources Conservation Area
Trailhead: Ira Spring Trailhead · 47.42471, -121.58337
Weather Aug 4: Fog, high 68°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:37 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead
- Start on Ira Spring Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Putrid Pete's Peak Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Ira Spring Connector, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Little Balcony Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftReach Little Balcony, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Ira Spring Connector, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Putrid Pete's Peak Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Ira Spring Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
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