Yellow Jacket Ski Trail via Pacific Crest Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 614 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Yellow Jacket Ski Trail via Pacific Crest Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back near Government Camp, OR. It climbs 614 ft. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,269 – 4,764 ft4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 45.30333, -121.67346
Nearest town Government Camp, OR · Official trailhead info (fs.usda.gov)
Directions
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Yellow Jacket Ski Trail via Pacific Crest Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 614 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 4,269–4,763 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 45.30333, -121.67346
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Yellow Jacket Ski Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miReach Yellow Jacket Ski Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 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
33% dirt67% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:41 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Pacific Crest Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 312 ft
- Pacific Crest Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 373 ft
- Timberline Trail #600 4 mi · ▲ 1,022 ft
- Barlow Pass via Pacific Crest Trail 5 mi · ▲ 533 ft
- Timberline Trail #600 Loop 5.1 mi · ▲ 1,023 ft
- Timberline Trail #600 Loop 5.1 mi · ▲ 1,022 ft
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