Military Ridge Trail & Surprise Creek Trail via Shangri La Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Coal Creek, WA. It climbs 1,109 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi374 – 1,483 ft · steepest grade: 22%3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.54077, -122.09853
Nearest town Coal Creek, WA
Directions
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Military Ridge Trail & Surprise Creek Trail via Shangri La Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 1,109 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Elevation 373–1,484 ft
Out & Back · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Trailhead: 47.54077, -122.09853
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Shangri La Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Surprise Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Red Cedars Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Military Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miReach Surprise Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Red Cedars Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Surprise Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Shangri La Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
45% dirt4% paved51% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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