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5220-310–Blowout Mountain Trail #1318, 5 sights

14.6 mi · ▲ 3,024 ft · 6 hr 23 min

5220-310–Blowout Mountain Trail #1318, 5 sights is a 14.6-mile out-and-back near Cougar Valley, WA. It climbs 3,024 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 92/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,538 – 5,312 ft · steepest grade: 18%14.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Legos Trail #942 47.12001, -121.32863
Nearest town Cougar Valley, WA
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5220-310–Blowout Mountain Trail #1318, 5 sights

14.6 mi · ▲ 3,024 ft · 6 hr 23 min

Elevation 4,538–5,313 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Legos Trail #942 · 47.12001, -121.32863

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:09 PM

  1. Start on Legos Trail #942, heading E.
  2. 2.8 miBear right onto Little Bear trail, heading E.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Legos Trail #942, heading E.
  4. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Manastash Ridge Trail #1323, heading N.
  5. 0.9 miTurn left onto Blowout Mountain Trail #1318, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miSharp right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SW.
  7. 2.6 miTurn left onto 5220-310, heading NW.
  8. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miReach Legos Trail #942, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NE.
  12. 2.4 miSharp left onto Blowout Mountain Trail #1318, heading SE.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right onto Manastash Ridge Trail #1323, heading S.
  14. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Legos Trail #942, heading SE.
  15. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Little Bear trail, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftBear left onto Legos Trail #942, heading SW.
  17. 2.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/manastash-ridge-trail-1323-out-back-20-km-fa61

Trail surface

33% dirt67% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:09 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.6 mi in (~149 min). Leave by 4:20 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:34 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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