Pickhandle Gap–Bear Gap, 6 sights is a 7.6-mile out-and-back near Snoquera, WA. The route passes Bear Gap and Pickhandle Gap. It climbs 2,976 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,387 – 6,359 ft · steepest grade: 35%7.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Gold Hill Road East 46.93608, -121.47416
Nearest town Snoquera, WA
Directions
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Pickhandle Gap–Bear Gap, 6 sights
7.6 mi · ▲ 2,976 ft · 4 hr 1 min
Elevation 4,385–6,357 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Gold Hill Road East · 46.93608, -121.47416
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:07 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Gold Hill Road East, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Bullion Basin Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Silver Creek Trail, heading S.
- 2 miPass Bear Gap.
- 50 ftBear left onto Bear Gap Trail #967, heading SE.
- 1 miReach Pickhandle Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Fog City Trail #967A, heading NE.
- 0.8 miPass Pickhandle Gap.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Bullion Basin Trail, heading N.
- 1.5 miBear left onto Chutes and Ladders, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Bullion Basin Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Gold Hill Road East, heading S.
- 0.2 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
97% dirt3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:07 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~119 min). Leave by 4:49 PM for the 7:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Gold Hill Road East Trailhead
- Kelley's Gap Road 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,466 ft
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- Henskin Lake–Pickhandle Gap Loop, 5 saddles 6.8 mi · ▲ 2,065 ft
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