Yacolt Burn State Forest

Miner's Creek Trail via Bluff Mountain Trail

6.8 mi · ▲ 1,902 ft · 3 hr 13 min

Miner's Creek Trail via Bluff Mountain Trail is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Yacolt Burn State Forest near Dole, WA. It climbs 1,902 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,867 – 3,665 ft · steepest grade: 20%6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bluff Mountain Trail 45.78051, -122.16662
Nearest town Dole, WA · Official trailhead info (fs.usda.gov)

Directions

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Miner's Creek Trail via Bluff Mountain Trail

6.8 mi · ▲ 1,902 ft · 3 hr 13 min

Elevation 1,866–3,666 ft

Out & Back · Yacolt Burn State Forest

Trailhead: Bluff Mountain Trail · 45.78051, -122.16662

Weather Sep 4: Heavy drizzle, high 53°F / low 42° · precip 56% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:43 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bluff Mountain Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 2.3 miTurn right onto Miner's Creek Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.4 miReach Miner's Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 2.3 miTurn left onto Bluff Mountain Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

32% dirt68% unspecified

Weather

Heavy drizzleTemperature 53°F42°
Precip56%Wind2 mphUV6Humidity77%
Rained 0.8″ yesterday · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperatureRain chance
55°40° 12 AM: 5% rain1 AM: 5% rain2 AM: 9% rain3 AM: 4% rain4 AM: 4% rain5 AM: 11% rain6 AM: 19% rain7 AM: 21% rain8 AM: 31% rain9 AM: 28% rain10 AM: 28% rain11 AM: 16% rain12 PM: 13% rain1 PM: 16% rain2 PM: 16% rain3 PM: 25% rain4 PM: 37% rain5 PM: 56% rain6 PM: 37% rain7 PM: 21% rain8 PM: 10% rain9 PM: 8% rain10 PM: 7% rain11 PM: 5% rain
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:43 PM
Sat 55°42° 32%
Sun 65°44° 36%
Mon 61°39° 28%
Tue 69°42°
Wed 79°48°
Thu 71°49°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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