Naches Trail & Natches Trail via Pacific Crest Trail is a 12.2-mile out-and-back near Cougar Valley, WA. It climbs 2,581 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,487 – 4,872 ft · steepest grade: 34%12.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.08416, -121.40386
Nearest town Cougar Valley, WA
Directions
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Naches Trail & Natches Trail via Pacific Crest Trail
12.2 mi · ▲ 2,581 ft · 5 hr 21 min
Elevation 2,487–4,874 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 47.08416, -121.40386
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 63°F / low 37° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:37 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Naches Trail, heading W.
- 3.9 miContinue straight onto Natches Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miReach Naches Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Naches Trail, heading SE.
- 2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 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
36% dirt64% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 63°F37°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity78%
Hourly temperature
65°35°
Sunrise 5:48 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:37 PM
Tue
71°51°
Wed
77°54°
Thu
79°51°
Fri
71°47°
Sat
68°44°
Sun
70°43°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 8:04 PM for the 8:37 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:04 PM — 9 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Pacific Crest Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Naches Pass via Pacific Crest Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 332 ft
- Pacific Crest Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 670 ft
- Pyramid Peak & Pyramid Peak Trail via Pacific Crest Trail 7.1 mi · ▲ 1,413 ft
- NF-152–NF-153, 3 sights 7.4 mi · ▲ 719 ft
- Forest Road 1914-789–NF-684, 3 sights 10.2 mi · ▲ 1,362 ft
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