Steepest hikes
Ranked by the steepest sustained grade anywhere on the route, up or down.
These are the 25 steepest hikes Ambleway has measured, from 96% max grade at the top of the board to 74% max grade at the bottom. They run from 1.7 to 16 miles. The biggest climb on the board is Thompson Lake–Putrid Pete's Peak Trail, 4 sights, gaining 7,153 ft. They lie across 6 named parks, forests, and preserves.
- Big Bradley Falls–Big Bradley Falls Overlook, 3 sights 1.7 mi · ▲ 490 ft · 96% max grade
- Big Bradley Falls Overlook & Big Bradley Falls Overlook Trail 5.7 mi · ▲ 797 ft · 95% max grade
- National Forest Development Road 7140 & National Forest Development Road 7280 via National Forest Development Road 7013 12.2 mi · ▲ 3,609 ft · 89% max grade
- National Forest Development Road 7013 & National Forest Development Road 7280 3.2 mi · ▲ 1,528 ft · 88% max grade
- Browns Peak–Brown's Peak Trail, 3 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,924 ft · 88% max grade
- Fowler West Viewpoint–Coal Seam Trail, 6 sights 15.8 mi · ▲ 2,721 ft · 84% max grade
- West Face Redgarden Climbing Access Trail & West Ridge Climbing Access Trail via Eldorado Canyon Trail 9 mi · ▲ 4,155 ft · 83% max grade
- Snoqualmie Tunnel 4.5 mi · ▲ 2,837 ft · 83% max grade
- Mount Phelps 4.3 mi · ▲ 3,267 ft · 82% max grade
- Dirty Harry's Peak Viewpoint–Winter Block access Viewpoint, 3 viewpoints 8.9 mi · ▲ 2,897 ft · 81% max grade
- Baring Mountain–Barclay Lake Trail, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 4,240 ft · 80% max grade
- Shirttail Peak–Fowler West Viewpoint, 3 summits 2.3 mi · ▲ 1,526 ft · 79% max grade
- Fowler West Viewpoint–Eldorado Canyon Trail, 4 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 1,946 ft · 79% max grade
- Little Mason Lake–Mason Lake, 6 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 3,331 ft · 79% max grade
- Derrick Lake Trail & Tin Cup Joe Falls Trail via Middle Fork Trail 5.3 mi · ▲ 2,565 ft · 78% max grade
- Sloan Peak & Sloan Peak Trail 9.8 mi · ▲ 5,936 ft · 78% max grade
- Siphon Draw Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 2,586 ft · 78% max grade
- Cleveland Mountain–Cleveland Mountain Bootpath, 3 sights 12.6 mi · ▲ 4,404 ft · 77% max grade
- Thompson Lake–Putrid Pete's Peak Trail, 4 sights 15.8 mi · ▲ 7,153 ft · 77% max grade
- Baring Mountain–Barclay Lake, 6 sights 14.4 mi · ▲ 6,759 ft · 77% max grade
- Dirty Harry's Peak–Winter Block access Viewpoint, 5 viewpoints 10.5 mi · ▲ 3,864 ft · 76% max grade
- Jacob's Crosscut #58 6.3 mi · ▲ 2,488 ft · 76% max grade
- Lagoon cell #1 & Snoqualmie Tunnel via Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail 11.1 mi · ▲ 3,570 ft · 75% max grade
- Annette Lake & Snoqualmie Tunnel via Annette Lake Trail 12.7 mi · ▲ 4,502 ft · 75% max grade
- Hyak Lake–Rockdale Lake, 7 sights 13.1 mi · ▲ 4,983 ft · 74% max grade