Meadow Pass & Stirrup Lake Trail via Pacific Crest Trail

15 mi · ▲ 2,566 ft · 6 hr 17 min

Meadow Pass & Stirrup Lake Trail via Pacific Crest Trail is a 15-mile out-and-back near Martin, WA. The route reaches Meadow Pass at the turnaround, 7.5 miles in. It climbs 2,566 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,419 – 4,210 ft · steepest grade: 20%15.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.27242, -121.32782
Nearest town Martin, WA

Directions

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Meadow Pass & Stirrup Lake Trail via Pacific Crest Trail

15 mi · ▲ 2,566 ft · 6 hr 17 min

Elevation 3,419–4,209 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 47.27242, -121.32782

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right onto 4100-154, heading NW.
  3. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 150 ftBear right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
  8. 5.4 miTurn left onto Stirrup Lake Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.9 miBear right onto Forest Road 5078, heading W.
  10. 150 ftReach Meadow Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 150 ftBear left onto Stirrup Lake Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.9 miTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NE.
  13. 4 miBear right, heading NE.
  14. 1.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  15. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  18. 0.1 miBear right onto 4100-154, heading E.
  19. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  20. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

84% dirt16% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:09 PM

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