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Mason Lake & Mason Lake Backcountry Camping via Ira Spring Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 1,981 ft · 2 hr 25 min

Mason Lake & Mason Lake Backcountry Camping via Ira Spring Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back near Garcia, WA. The route passes Mason Lake Backcountry Camping before reaching Mason Lake at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 1,981 ft, with sections as steep as 40% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,152 – 4,150 ft · steepest grade: 40%4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ira Spring Trailhead 47.42471, -121.58337
Nearest town Garcia, WA
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Mason Lake & Mason Lake Backcountry Camping via Ira Spring Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 1,981 ft · 2 hr 25 min

Elevation 2,152–4,150 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Ira Spring Trailhead · 47.42471, -121.58337

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start on Ira Spring Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.8 miSharp left onto Old Mason Lake Trail, heading NE.
  3. 1.3 miReach Mason Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 50 ftPass Mason Lake Backcountry Camping.
  5. 1.3 miSharp right onto Ira Spring Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.8 miArrive 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/mason-lake-out-back-1e36

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:51 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~105 min). Leave by 5:05 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Toilets at the trailhead

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