Skull & Wedgie via Road 2706
4.4 mi · ▲ 962 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Skull & Wedgie via Road 2706 is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Green Diamond Timberland near Forbes, WA. It climbs 962 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi174 – 620 ft · steepest grade: 26%4.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: connector 47.08161, -123.11528
Nearest town Forbes, WA
Directions
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Skull & Wedgie via Road 2706
4.4 mi · ▲ 962 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Elevation 175–621 ft
Out & Back · Green Diamond Timberland
Trailhead: connector · 47.08161, -123.11528
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:16 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Road 2708, heading S.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Wedgie, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Director, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Road 2706, heading E.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Director, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Road 2706, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Big Maple, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Road 2706, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Road 2707A, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Skull, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Wedgie, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Road 2707A, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Road 2706, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Big Maple, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Road 2706, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Director, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Road 2706, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Director, heading NW.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Wedgie, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Road 2708, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
62% gravel38% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:16 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Road 2710–Road 2711, 3 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 322 ft
- Boulder Valley–Mimzie Ridge, 4 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 863 ft
- Broken Glass & Wedgie via Road 2708 5 mi · ▲ 1,001 ft
- Road 2708–Road 2708C, 3 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 603 ft
- Road 2706–Road 2706C, 3 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 813 ft
- Valley & Wedgie via Road 2706 3.3 mi · ▲ 646 ft
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