Snoqualmie Falls & Clearcut via Snoqualmie Valley Trail is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Tokul Creek Forest near Spring Glen, WA. The route reaches Snoqualmie Falls at the turnaround, 5.3 miles in. It climbs 1,096 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi266 – 853 ft · steepest grade: 23%11.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.58343, -121.86322
Nearest town Spring Glen, WA
Directions
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Snoqualmie Falls & Clearcut via Snoqualmie Valley Trail
10.5 mi · ▲ 1,096 ft · 4 hr 3 min
Elevation 266–854 ft
Out & Back · Tokul Creek Forest
Trailhead: 47.58343, -121.86322
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Curly Fries, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Clearcut, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 3.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Snoqualmie Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 3.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Clearcut, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Curly Fries, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
62% gravel10% dirt1% paved27% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:11 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 6:23 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:10 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Clearcut via Snoqualmie Valley Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 740 ft
- Beaver Pond–Bobsled, 3 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 583 ft
- Curly Fries & Kamikaze via Snoqualmie Valley Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 541 ft
- 30350–30370 Loop, 4 sights 3 mi · ▲ 365 ft
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