Quartz Creek Trail & Rainy Mine trail
7.6 mi · ▲ 2,325 ft · 3 hr 42 min
Quartz Creek Trail & Rainy Mine trail is a 7.6-mile out-and-back near Garcia, WA. It climbs 2,325 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,148 – 3,504 ft · steepest grade: 25%7.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Snoqualmie Lake trailhead 47.56096, -121.53216
Nearest town Garcia, WA
Directions
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Quartz Creek Trail & Rainy Mine trail
7.6 mi · ▲ 2,325 ft · 3 hr 42 min
Elevation 1,147–3,504 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Snoqualmie Lake trailhead · 47.56096, -121.53216
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Snoqualmie Lake Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Quartz Creek Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Rainy Mine trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Quartz Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 2.2 miReach Quartz Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.2 miBear left onto Rainy Mine trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Quartz Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Snoqualmie Lake Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 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
9% dirt91% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:43 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Snoqualmie Lake trailhead Trailhead
- Quartz Creek Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 740 ft
- Snoqualmie Lake Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 560 ft
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