Forest Road 5400-424 & Forest Road 5400-428 Loop via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail is a 3.9-mile loop near Whittier, WA. It climbs 416 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi2,418 – 2,749 ft · steepest grade: 28%4.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.28581, -121.32087
Nearest town Whittier, WA
Directions
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Forest Road 5400-424 & Forest Road 5400-428 Loop via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 416 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 2,417–2,749 ft
Loop
Trailhead: 47.28581, -121.32087
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 61°F / low 44° · precip 48% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Forest Road 5400-420, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Forest Road 5400-428, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Forest Road 5400-424, heading S.
- 1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Forest Road 5400-420, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
30% gravel70% unspecified
Weather
Light drizzleTemperature 61°F44°
Precip48%Wind3 mphUV5Humidity74%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°40°
Sunrise 6:29 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:41 PM
Sat
60°46°
41%
Sun
64°46°
30%
Mon
64°44°
17%
Tue
74°46°
Wed
83°49°
Thu
72°53°
Other ways to reach this destination
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- 5.2 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- 5.6 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- 5.7 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- 6 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- 7 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- 7.3 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
- 7.6 mi · out & back · via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
More from this trailhead
- Forest Road 5400-420 1.9 mi · ▲ 511 ft
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- Forest Road 5400-420 2 mi · ▲ 273 ft
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