Mowich Butte & Rock Creek Pass via Pacific Crest Trail
15.6 mi · ▲ 3,315 ft · 6 hr 51 min
Mowich Butte & Rock Creek Pass via Pacific Crest Trail is a 15.6-mile out-and-back in Yacolt Burn State Forest near Moffetts Hot Springs, WA. The route passes Rock Creek Pass before reaching Mowich Butte at the turnaround, 7.8 miles in. It climbs 3,315 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 92/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Mowich Butte & Rock Creek Pass via Pacific Crest Trail
15.6 mi · ▲ 3,315 ft · 6 hr 51 min
Elevation 1,390–3,508 ft
Out & Back · Yacolt Burn State Forest
Trailhead: CG-2090 Road · 45.74915, -122.04318
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 58°F / low 46° · precip 51% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Pacific Crest Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Rock Creek Pass.
- 6.8 miSharp left onto Lookout Mountain Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.7 miReach Mowich Butte, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 6.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from CG-2090 Road Trailhead
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- Three Corner Rock–Rock Creek Pass, 3 summits 8.5 mi · ▲ 1,687 ft
- Rock Creek Pass–CG-2070 Road, 4 sights 9.6 mi · ▲ 2,069 ft
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