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Mount Pilchuck State Park

Mount Pilchuck & Mount Pilchuck Trail #700

5.2 mi · ▲ 2,132 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Mount Pilchuck & Mount Pilchuck Trail #700 is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Mount Pilchuck State Park near Robe, WA. The route reaches Mount Pilchuck at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 2,132 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,153 – 5,315 ft · steepest grade: 31%5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mount Pilchuck Trailhead 48.07029, -121.81474
Nearest town Robe, WA
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Mount Pilchuck & Mount Pilchuck Trail #700

5.2 mi · ▲ 2,132 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Elevation 3,155–5,314 ft

Out & Back · Mount Pilchuck State Park

Trailhead: Mount Pilchuck Trailhead · 48.07029, -121.81474

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:40 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Mount Pilchuck Trail #700, heading SE.
  2. 2.6 miReach Mount Pilchuck, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  3. 2.6 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/mount-pilchuck-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:40 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 8:20 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:40 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 9:16 PM.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Robe, Washington