Dalles Ridge Trail & Ranger Creek Trail
12.6 mi · ▲ 3,068 ft · 5 hr 44 min
Dalles Ridge Trail & Ranger Creek Trail is a 12.6-mile out-and-back near Snoquera, WA. It climbs 3,068 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Dalles Ridge Trail & Ranger Creek Trail
12.6 mi · ▲ 3,068 ft · 5 hr 44 min
Elevation 2,436–5,402 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Buck Creek Trail · 47.03339, -121.55921
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Buck Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto White River Trail, heading SE.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Ranger Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 4.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Dalles Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftReach Ranger Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Ranger Creek Trail, heading S.
- 4.5 miSharp right onto White River Trail, heading SE.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Buck Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 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 6.1 mi in (~229 min). Leave by 3:01 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Buck Creek Trail Trailhead
- White River Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 560 ft
- White River Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 281 ft
- White River Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 279 ft
- Palisades Trail & White River Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 434 ft
- White River Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 327 ft
- Buck Creek Trail–Snoquera Falls Trail, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 950 ft
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