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Wild Sky Wilderness

Silver Lake via Mineral City Road

15 mi · ▲ 3,644 ft · 6 hr 49 min

Silver Lake via Mineral City Road is a 15-mile out-and-back in Wild Sky Wilderness near Galena, WA. The route reaches Silver Lake at the turnaround, 7.5 miles in. It climbs 3,644 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,056 – 4,337 ft · steepest grade: 32%15.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.89212, -121.44101
Nearest town Galena, WA
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Silver Lake via Mineral City Road

15 mi · ▲ 3,644 ft · 6 hr 49 min

Elevation 1,055–4,339 ft

Out & Back · Wild Sky Wilderness

Trailhead: 47.89212, -121.44101

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:43 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 100 ftContinue straight onto Mineral City Road, heading NE.
  3. 3.2 miBear right, heading N.
  4. 4.1 miTurn left onto Silver Lake Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miReach Silver Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 4.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  8. 2 miBear right, heading S.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Mineral City Road, heading S.
  10. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/silver-lake-out-back-24-km

Trail surface

77% dirt23% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:43 PM

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