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4930-120 & Rachel Lake Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back near Kachess Resort, WA. It climbs 1,003 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,766 – 3,806 ft · steepest grade: 22%5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: National Forest Development Road 4930 47.40126, -121.28622
Nearest town Kachess Resort, WA

Directions

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4930-120 & Rachel Lake Trail

5 mi · ▲ 1,003 ft · 2 hr 10 min

Elevation 2,765–3,805 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: National Forest Development Road 4930 · 47.40126, -121.28622

Weather Sep 5: Heavy drizzle, high 60°F / low 46° · precip 41% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:41 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start on National Forest Development Road 4930, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto 4930-120, heading NW.
  3. 2.3 miReach Rachel Lake Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 2.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 200 ftContinue straight onto Rachel Lake Trail, heading W.
  6. 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

3% dirt97% unspecified

Weather

Heavy drizzleTemperature 60°F46°
Feels like47°Precip41%Wind4 mphUV5Humidity57%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
60°45° 12 AM: 1% rain1 AM: 1% rain2 AM: 1% rain3 AM: 1% rain4 AM: 1% rain5 AM: 1% rain6 AM: 2% rain7 AM: 3% rain8 AM: 4% rain9 AM: 6% rain10 AM: 6% rain11 AM: 5% rain12 PM: 8% rain1 PM: 20% rain2 PM: 33% rain3 PM: 36% rain4 PM: 41% rain5 PM: 31% rain6 PM: 23% rain7 PM: 25% rain8 PM: 13% rain9 PM: 4% rain10 PM: 4% rain11 PM: 4% rain
Sunrise 6:29 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:41 PM
Sun 64°47° 29%
Mon 63°45° 17%
Tue 73°47°
Wed 76°51°
Thu 63°49°
Fri 63°44° 25%

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  • Toilets at the trailhead

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