Red Pond via Commonwealth Basin Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Denny Creek, WA. The route reaches Red Pond at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 1,592 ft, with sections as steep as 38% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi3,258 – 4,876 ft · steepest grade: 38%4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.43442, -121.41229
Nearest town Denny Creek, WA
Directions
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Red Pond via Commonwealth Basin Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,592 ft · 2 hr 18 min
Elevation 3,259–4,874 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 47.43442, -121.41229
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:37 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Old Commonwealth Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Commonwealth Basin Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Red Pond Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Red Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Commonwealth Basin Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miBear right onto Old Commonwealth Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 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
79% dirt21% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:37 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
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