Forest Road 5403-315 & National Forest Development Road 5407 via Pacific Crest Trail

7 mi · ▲ 1,419 ft · 3 hr 3 min

Forest Road 5403-315 & National Forest Development Road 5407 via Pacific Crest Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back near Stampede, WA. It climbs 1,419 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,970 – 4,705 ft · steepest grade: 26%7.3 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Forest Road 5403-315 & National Forest Development Road 5407 via Pacific Crest Trail

7 mi · ▲ 1,419 ft · 3 hr 3 min

Elevation 3,971–4,707 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. 1.8 miBear left, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 250 ftContinue straight onto National Forest Development Road 5407, heading W.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right onto Forest Road 5403, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 5403-315, heading W.
  9. 0.4 miReach National Forest Development Road 5407, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 5403, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto National Forest Development Road 5407, heading SE.
  12. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading E.
  15. 1.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 0.4 miBear left onto 4100-122, heading NE.
  17. 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 surface

44% dirt56% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:41 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 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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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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