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Snoqualmie Valley Trail is an 11.4-mile out-and-back near Carnation, WA. It climbs 600 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi85 – 709 ft · steepest grade: 23%11.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.64369, -121.90393
Nearest town Carnation, WA

Directions

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Snoqualmie Valley Trail

11.4 mi · ▲ 600 ft · 4 hr 6 min

Elevation 85–709 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 47.64369, -121.90393

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:39 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading S.
  3. 3.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  7. 0.6 miSharp left onto 30370, heading NE.
  8. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 0.6 miSharp right, heading NW.
  10. 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 0.9 miTurn right onto Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading N.
  14. 3.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  15. 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

54% gravel46% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:39 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.7 mi in (~128 min). Leave by 6:11 PM for the 8:39 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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