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The Trek at Tehaleh

Forest Loop Trail & Heavy Nettle via Madrona Loop

7.6 mi · ▲ 524 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Forest Loop Trail & Heavy Nettle via Madrona Loop is a 7.6-mile out-and-back in The Trek at Tehaleh near Orting, WA. It climbs 524 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi433 – 778 ft8.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Madrona Loop 47.12316, -122.21137
Nearest town Orting, WA
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Forest Loop Trail & Heavy Nettle via Madrona Loop

7.6 mi · ▲ 524 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Elevation 433–778 ft

Out & Back · The Trek at Tehaleh

Trailhead: Madrona Loop · 47.12316, -122.21137

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:52 AM · sunset 8:39 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 150 ftContinue straight onto Heavy Nettle, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miBear right onto Madrona Loop, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Crosscut, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  6. 450 ftBear left onto Missing Link, heading S.
  7. 350 ftContinue straight onto PB&J, heading E.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Fast & The Curious, heading SE.
  9. 100 ftContinue straight onto PB&J, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Missing Link, heading S.
  11. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  13. 0.6 miSharp left, heading E.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  16. 350 ftBear right, heading W.
  17. 200 ftSharp left, heading W.
  18. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right onto Trilogy Loop Trail, heading N.
  20. 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
  21. 500 ftBear right onto Forest Loop Trail, heading E.
  22. 0.1 miReach Heavy Nettle, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  24. 0.1 miBear left onto Trilogy Loop Trail, heading NE.
  25. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  26. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  27. 0.4 miSharp right, heading N.
  28. 200 ftBear left, heading N.
  29. 350 ftBear left, heading W.
  30. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  31. 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
  32. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  33. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  34. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Missing Link, heading NW.
  35. 50 ftTurn right onto PB&J, heading NW.
  36. 50 ftContinue straight onto Fast & The Curious, heading NW.
  37. 100 ftContinue straight onto PB&J, heading NW.
  38. 50 ftContinue straight onto Missing Link, heading NW.
  39. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
  40. 450 ftBear left onto Crosscut, heading SW.
  41. 0.2 miTurn right onto Madrona Loop, heading SW.
  42. 100 ftBear left onto Heavy Nettle, heading SW.
  43. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  44. 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/trilogy-loop-trail-out-back-12-km-a6d1

Trail surface

3% gravel97% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:52 AMSunset 8:39 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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