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Pacific Crest Trail

8.6 mi · ▲ 1,616 ft · 3 hr 40 min

Pacific Crest Trail is an 8.6-mile out-and-back near Stampede, WA. It climbs 1,616 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,200 – 4,705 ft · steepest grade: 18%9.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: 4100-122 47.24565, -121.33368
Nearest town Stampede, WA
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Pacific Crest Trail

8.6 mi · ▲ 1,616 ft · 3 hr 40 min

Elevation 4,201–4,707 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 4100-122 · 47.24565, -121.33368

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:41 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on 4100-122, heading SW.
  2. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
  4. 2.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 0.9 miSharp right, heading SE.
  6. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 0.9 miBear left, heading NW.
  8. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  9. 2.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  10. 0.4 miBear left onto 4100-122, heading NE.
  11. 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/pacific-crest-trail-out-back-10-km-c8d2

Trail surface

70% dirt30% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:41 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:17 PM for the 7:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM — 12 min before dark.

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