Raging River State Forest

Poppin Tops Lower & Raging Tiger via Rattlesnake Road Southeast

7.2 mi · ▲ 630 ft · 2 hr 43 min

Poppin Tops Lower & Raging Tiger via Rattlesnake Road Southeast is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Raging River State Forest near Kerriston, WA. It climbs 630 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,562 – 1,946 ft · steepest grade: 20%7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.45436, -121.84894
Nearest town Kerriston, WA

Directions

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Poppin Tops Lower & Raging Tiger via Rattlesnake Road Southeast

7.2 mi · ▲ 630 ft · 2 hr 43 min

Elevation 1,562–1,945 ft

Out & Back · Raging River State Forest

Trailhead: 47.45436, -121.84894

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Rattlesnake Road Southeast, heading N.
  3. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Reverence, heading NE.
  5. 0.3 miSharp right onto Physical Therapy (Middle), heading W.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Raging Tiger, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Physical Therapy, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Raging Tiger, heading NE.
  9. 0.8 miBear right, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miSharp left onto Rattlesnake Mountain Trail, heading E.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Connector, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Poppin Tops Lower, heading NE.
  13. 100 ftReach Raging Tiger, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 100 ftContinue straight onto Connector, heading N.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left onto Rattlesnake Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  17. 0.2 miBear left onto Raging Tiger, heading SW.
  18. 0.8 miTurn right onto Physical Therapy, heading S.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Raging Tiger, heading SW.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right onto Physical Therapy (Middle), heading SW.
  21. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  22. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Reverence, heading W.
  23. 0.7 miTurn left onto Rattlesnake Road Southeast, heading S.
  24. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

36% gravel3% dirt61% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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