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Shy Bear Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Coal Creek, WA. It climbs 427 ft. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,083 – 1,289 ft3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.53336, -122.11332
Nearest town Coal Creek, WA

Directions

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Shy Bear Trail

3.4 mi · ▲ 427 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Elevation 1,083–1,290 ft

Out & Back · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park

Trailhead: 47.53336, -122.11332

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Man's Trail, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cave Hole Trail, heading SE.
  6. 350 ftTurn left onto Bypass Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.5 miSharp right onto Shy Bear Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 0.6 miSharp left onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left onto Bypass Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right onto Cave Hole Trail, heading NW.
  13. 350 ftContinue straight onto Old Man's Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

53% dirt4% gravel43% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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