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Buckhorn Wilderness

Marmot Pass–Big Quilcene Trail #833, 3 sights

13.9 mi · ▲ 4,590 ft · 6 hr 56 min

Marmot Pass–Big Quilcene Trail #833, 3 sights is a 13.9-mile out-and-back in Buckhorn Wilderness near Quilcene, WA. The route reaches Marmot Pass. It climbs 4,590 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 96/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,457 – 5,971 ft · steepest grade: 22%13.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Upper Big Quilcene Trailhead Road 47.82782, -123.04178
Nearest town Quilcene, WA · Official trailhead info (fs.usda.gov)
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Marmot Pass–Big Quilcene Trail #833, 3 sights

13.9 mi · ▲ 4,590 ft · 6 hr 56 min

Elevation 2,457–5,973 ft

Out & Back · Buckhorn Wilderness

Trailhead: Upper Big Quilcene Trailhead Road · 47.82782, -123.04178

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:16 PM

Horses allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 150 ftTurn left onto Big Quilcene Trail #833, heading W.
  3. 5.1 miContinue straight onto Dungeness Trail, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftPass Marmot Pass.
  5. 1.8 miReach Marmot Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Big Quilcene Trail #833, heading E.
  7. 5.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 150 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/marmot-pass-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Good to know

  • Horses allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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