Star Creek Falls & Old Copper Creek Road via Bluff Mountain Trail
10.2 mi · ▲ 2,455 ft · 4 hr 38 min
Star Creek Falls & Old Copper Creek Road via Bluff Mountain Trail is a 10.2-mile out-and-back in Yacolt Burn State Forest near Dole, WA. The route reaches Star Creek Falls at the turnaround, 5.1 miles in. It climbs 2,455 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Star Creek Falls & Old Copper Creek Road via Bluff Mountain Trail
10.2 mi · ▲ 2,455 ft · 4 hr 38 min
Elevation 1,509–3,666 ft
Out & Back · Yacolt Burn State Forest
Trailhead: Bluff Mountain Trail · 45.78051, -122.16662
Weather Sep 4: Heavy drizzle, high 53°F / low 42° · precip 56% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bluff Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 2.3 miTurn left onto Old Copper Creek Road, heading SW.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Starway Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.8 miReach Star Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Old Copper Creek Road, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 2.3 miTurn left onto Bluff Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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