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Cross Kirkland Corridor Viewpoint & Totem Lake via Tolt Pipeline Trail is a 15.5-mile out-and-back near Cottage Lake, WA. The route passes Totem Lake before reaching Cross Kirkland Corridor Viewpoint at the turnaround, 7.6 miles in. It climbs 1,201 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi26 – 535 ft · steepest grade: 25%16.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.73296, -122.05438
Nearest town Cottage Lake, WA

Directions

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Cross Kirkland Corridor Viewpoint & Totem Lake via Tolt Pipeline Trail

15.5 mi · ▲ 1,201 ft · 5 hr 46 min

Elevation 28–534 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 47.73296, -122.05438

Weather Jul 18: Overcast, high 75°F / low 55° · precip 1% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:28 AM · sunset 9:02 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 400 ftBear right onto Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading W.
  3. 4.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  4. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  5. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sammamish River Trail, heading SE.
  6. 450 ftTurn right onto Woodinville Valley Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.6 miTurn left onto Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading NW.
  8. 150 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  9. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Eastrail, heading S.
  10. 1 miPass Totem Lake.
  11. 350 ftPass Cross Kirkland Corridor Viewpoint.
  12. 150 ftSharp right, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 450 ftReach Cross Kirkland Corridor Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 0.2 miSharp left onto Cross Kirkland Corridor, heading W.
  17. 2.5 miSharp right onto Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading N.
  18. 100 ftTurn right onto Woodinville Valley Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.6 miTurn left onto Sammamish River Trail, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  21. 250 ftSharp right onto Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading S.
  22. 4.3 miBear left, heading E.
  23. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

46% dirt41% gravel10% paved1% other2% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 75°F55°
Precip1%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity82%
Hourly temperature
75°55°
Sunrise 5:28 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 9:02 PM
Sun 79°53°
Mon 86°53°
Tue 91°58°
Wed 92°60°
Thu 92°61°
Fri 76°54°

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