Top hikes by the numbers
Leaderboards across every hike in the catalog. Superlatives, not recommendations: some of these are punishing.
Steepest hikes
Ranked by the steepest sustained grade anywhere on the route, up or down.
43% · Duplex Mine Road
Flattest hikes
The easiest strolls: the least climb per mile over a real distance.
0 ft/mi · Alameda Creek Trail
Biggest climbs
The most total elevation gain from start to finish.
9,164 ft · North Backbone Trail
Longest hikes
The biggest days out, ranked by total distance.
16.2 mi · Devil's Pulpit & Mary Bowerman Trail Overlook via Mitchell Canyon Road
Shortest hikes
Quick legs that are still a real walk to a real destination.
0.6 mi · Aeration Lagoon & Aeration Basin
Wildest hikes
The routes that stay farthest from roads, industry, and development.
0.97 · Geology Tour Road
Kinkiest hikes
The most junction decisions: where you leave one trail for another and a map earns its keep.
102 · Hansen Dam Recreation Lake–Former Holiday Lake, 3 lakes
Zenniest hikes
Long walks with the fewest junctions to think about: the most distance per decision, ideal for switching your brain off.
16.1 mi · Forest Road 2451
Bendiest hikes
The most turning packed into every mile: tight switchbacks, meanders, and spirals, as total degrees turned per mile.
4,525°/mi · Debris Basin via Glendora Ridge Motorway
Straightest hikes
The opposite of bendiest: the least turning per mile, the routes that just keep going straight.
70°/mi · Snoqualmie Valley Trail