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Tradition Plateau Natural Resources Conservation Area

Ruth Kees Big Tree Trail & Swamp Trail via Cable Line Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 798 ft · 2 hr

Ruth Kees Big Tree Trail & Swamp Trail via Cable Line Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Tradition Plateau Natural Resources Conservation Area near High Point, WA. It climbs 798 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi443 – 925 ft · steepest grade: 32%4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.52960, -121.99469
Nearest town High Point, WA
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Ruth Kees Big Tree Trail & Swamp Trail via Cable Line Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 798 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 443–924 ft

Out & Back · Tradition Plateau Natural Resources Conservation Area

Trailhead: 47.52960, -121.99469

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:39 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right onto Cable Line Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miSharp right onto Tiger Mountain Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.6 miSharp right onto West Tiger 3 Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Swamp Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Ruth Kees Big Tree Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.5 miReach Ruth Kees Big Tree Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Swamp Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.8 miContinue straight onto West Tiger 3 Trail, heading S.
  10. 150 ftSharp left onto Tiger Mountain Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.6 miSharp left onto Cable Line Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/ruth-kees-big-tree-trail-out-back

Trail surface

82% dirt4% gravel14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:39 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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