Sky View Vista Loop
10.6 mi · ▲ 1,983 ft · 4 hr 31 min
Sky View Vista Loop is a 10.6-mile out-and-back in Forks of the Sky State Park near Reiter, WA. It climbs 1,983 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sky View Vista Loop
10.6 mi · ▲ 1,983 ft · 4 hr 31 min
Elevation 464–1,463 ft
Out & Back · Forks of the Sky State Park
Trailhead: 47.82306, -121.59702
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 69°F / low 47° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:40 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Sky View Vista Loop, heading W.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miBear left, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 8:20 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:40 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 9:16 PM.
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- Gold Line Dirt Bike Trail–Outer Limits ATV Trail, 4 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 631 ft
- Sky View Vista Loop 10.6 mi · ▲ 1,983 ft
- MY-21–Sky View Vista Loop, 3 sights 11.6 mi · ▲ 2,125 ft
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