Upper Coopey Falls–Forest Road 1520, 5 sights is an 11.8-mile out-and-back in Shepperd's Dell State Natural Area near Prindle, WA. The route reaches Upper Coopey Falls at the turnaround, 5.9 miles in. It climbs 2,527 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Upper Coopey Falls–Forest Road 1520, 5 sights
11.8 mi · ▲ 2,527 ft · 5 hr 12 min
Elevation 461–2,585 ft
Out & Back · Shepperd's Dell State Natural Area
Trailhead: Forest Road 1520 · 45.53973, -122.11701
Weather Sep 4: Snow, high 55°F / low 46° · precip 70% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Forest Road 1520, heading NW.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto The Way, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Little Devil, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto She Devil, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Red Shorts Cut, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right onto Devil's Angle, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Red Shorts Cut, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Foxglove Way, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Angels Rest Trail #415, heading W.
- 1.7 miReach Upper Coopey Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miBear right onto Foxglove Way, heading NW.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Red Shorts Cut, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Devil's Angle, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Red Shorts Cut, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto She Devil, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Little Devil, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto The Way, heading S.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Forest Road 1520, heading SE.
- 1.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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