Maggie Creek Trail via Pacific Crest Trail
12 mi · ▲ 2,963 ft · 5 hr 29 min
Maggie Creek Trail via Pacific Crest Trail is a 12-mile out-and-back in Norse Peak Wilderness near Cougar Valley, WA. It climbs 2,963 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Maggie Creek Trail via Pacific Crest Trail
12 mi · ▲ 2,963 ft · 5 hr 29 min
Elevation 3,467–4,871 ft
Out & Back · Norse Peak Wilderness
Trailhead: 47.09150, -121.40668
Weather Sep 4: Snow, high 51°F / low 38° · precip 52% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:42 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Maggie Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 4.6 miReach Maggie Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 4.6 miSharp left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~54 min). Leave by 6:28 PM for the 7:42 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
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- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
- 2.8 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
- 3.1 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
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- Pacific Crest Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 400 ft
- Pacific Crest Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 739 ft
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