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Skookum Slope Mine & Queen Mine Cars & Wilkeson-Carbonado Trail is a 13.5-mile out-and-back near Carbonado, WA. The route reaches Skookum Slope Mine & Queen Mine Cars at the turnaround, 6.7 miles in. It climbs 492 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi797 – 1,332 ft13.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.04236, -122.04045
Nearest town Carbonado, WA

Directions

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Skookum Slope Mine & Queen Mine Cars & Wilkeson-Carbonado Trail

13.5 mi · ▲ 492 ft · 4 hr 45 min

Elevation 796–1,332 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 47.04236, -122.04045

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 100 ftSharp right, heading N.
  3. 3.8 miBear left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Wilkeson-Carbonado Trail, heading W.
  5. 3 miReach Skookum Slope Mine & Queen Mine Cars, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 3.8 miSharp left, heading S.
  8. 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

91% dirt7% paved2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~70 min). Leave by 5:41 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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