Windy Pass–9070-115, 3 sights is a 9.4-mile out-and-back near Rockdale, WA. The route reaches Windy Pass. It climbs 2,251 ft, with sections as steep as 40% grade. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,873 – 4,095 ft · steepest grade: 40%10.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.39377, -121.47019
Nearest town Rockdale, WA
Directions
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Windy Pass–9070-115, 3 sights
9.4 mi · ▲ 2,251 ft · 4 hr 16 min
Elevation 1,872–4,094 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 47.39377, -121.47019
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Annette Lake Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miBear right onto Cascade Crest Connector, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto 9070-115, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miPass Windy Pass.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Forest Road 9070, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto 9070-310, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach Windy Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Forest Road 9070, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto 9070-115, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Cascade Crest Connector, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading W.
- 1 miSharp right onto Annette Lake Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
56% dirt21% gravel23% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:51 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.6 mi in (~97 min). Leave by 5:12 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:29 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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