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Silver Peak & Silver Peak Trail via Pacific Crest Trail is a 5.7-mile out-and-back near Rockdale, WA. The route reaches Silver Peak at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 2,061 ft, with sections as steep as 50% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,842 – 5,597 ft · steepest grade: 50%5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pacific Crest Trail 47.37316, -121.44687
Nearest town Rockdale, WA

Directions

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Silver Peak & Silver Peak Trail via Pacific Crest Trail

5.7 mi · ▲ 2,061 ft · 2 hr 56 min

Elevation 3,843–5,598 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Pacific Crest Trail · 47.37316, -121.44687

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:09 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pacific Crest Trail, heading SW.
  2. 1.7 miTurn right onto Silver Peak Trail, heading W.
  3. 1.1 miReach Silver Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.1 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading E.
  5. 1.7 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:51 AMSunset 7:09 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~103 min). Leave by 5:06 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:29 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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