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Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park

Protector Trail–Tibbetts Marsh Trail, 3 sights

2.6 mi · ▲ 547 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Protector Trail–Tibbetts Marsh Trail, 3 sights is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Cougar Hills, WA. It climbs 547 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi961 – 1,444 ft · steepest grade: 16%2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.54326, -122.09735
Nearest town Cougar Hills, WA
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Protector Trail–Tibbetts Marsh Trail, 3 sights

2.6 mi · ▲ 547 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Elevation 961–1,445 ft

Out & Back · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park

Trailhead: 47.54326, -122.09735

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 400 ftBear left onto Shangri La Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 350 ftTurn right onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.5 miContinue straight onto West Tibbetts Creek Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bear Ridge Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left onto Shangri La Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miSharp right onto Protector Trail, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Shangri La Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  12. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/million-dollar-view-pergola-viewpoint-out-back-4-km-7e64

Trail surface

12% dirt88% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:12 PM

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