Boulder Valley–Mimzie Ridge, 4 sights
5.5 mi · ▲ 863 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Boulder Valley–Mimzie Ridge, 4 sights is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Green Diamond Timberland near Forbes, WA. It climbs 863 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi259 – 810 ft · steepest grade: 22%6.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: connector 47.08161, -123.11528
Nearest town Forbes, WA
Directions
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Boulder Valley–Mimzie Ridge, 4 sights
5.5 mi · ▲ 863 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Elevation 260–812 ft
Out & Back · Green Diamond Timberland
Trailhead: connector · 47.08161, -123.11528
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:14 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Road 2708, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Wedgie, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Road 2708, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Road 2708B, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Road 2708, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Road 2708C, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left onto Road 2708, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Mimzie Ridge, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Road 2705, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Boulder Valley, heading W.
- 0.5 miReach Wedgie, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Road 2705, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Mimzie Ridge, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Road 2708, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear right onto Road 2708C, heading NW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Road 2708, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Road 2708B, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Road 2708, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Wedgie, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Road 2708, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 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
86% gravel14% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:14 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
More from connector Trailhead
- Road 2710–Road 2711, 3 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 322 ft
- Broken Glass & Wedgie via Road 2708 5 mi · ▲ 1,001 ft
- Road 2708–Road 2708C, 3 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 603 ft
- Road 2706–Road 2706C, 3 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 813 ft
- Skull & Wedgie via Road 2706 4.4 mi · ▲ 962 ft
- Valley & Wedgie via Road 2706 3.3 mi · ▲ 646 ft
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