Washington hiking trails - Bear Creek Mountain Trail, Northern Cascade Range, Yakima County

   
  Bear Creek Mountain Trail is a backcountry hiking trail relatively far from Hood River, but backcountry hiking it is always amusing. You can't spend all your time indoors you need to get out once in a while, and Bear Creek Mountain Trail in Yakima County, Washington is an outstanding pick. Fine great outdoors hiking trails in Washington are in abundance, and one of these is Bear Creek Mountain Trail in Yakima County. This trek should take you about 5 days, so make sure you've got all your overnight gear packed. Summertime highs at Bear Creek Mountain Trail
    usually tend to be in the 70's; the nighttime is a little chillier of course, typically in the 50's. The wintertime comes with highs in the 40's; during the dark hours in the wintertime at Bear Creek Mountain Trail temperatures fall to the 20's. The total elevation difference for
this hiking trail is 2,593 feet, and that is higher than average. Every Washington great outdoors hiking trail has its own unique attractiveness. If you happen to be in Washington, why not go backcountry hiking, it is a magnificent way to spend some time. Bear Creek Mountain Trail is many miles long with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it a glorious hiking and backpacking trail for experienced hikers in pleasant shape. There are so many hiking and backpacking trails in this region. The high level of rain makes Bear Creek Mountain Trail  
a rather wet spot; January is when you get the most rain here, and the driest month of the year is July. Trekking here in the Northern Cascade Range is a really perfect way to spend quality time in the great outdoors. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. A visit to Washington is not complete without some backcountry trekking. Some parts of Bear Creek Mountain Trail are much higher up than other parts of the backpacking and hiking trail, so keep in mind that you may need to dress differently at different elevations. This is a long wilderness hiking trail, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. Bear Creek Mountain Trail has two trailheads, so backcountry backpacking it one way is an option if you can arrange for a ride back. Bear Creek Mountain Trail is 31.8 miles long; it's a long backpacking and hiking trail.

Briefly about the general area:
It's always splendid to visit Soda Spring; don't forget to take a nice little journey to Tenday Creek. This place, Bear Creek Mountain Trail, it definitely has so much outdoors exciting stuff. Conrad Meadows is a delightful location any time of year, and if you come at the right time of year, Tieton River - South Fork offers some fine whitewater.
So much exciting stuff in the Northern Cascade Range, just fantastic. There's so much to do here at Bear Creek Mountain Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Grey Creek Campground is a splendid place for that; Bear Creek Mountain Trail is pleasant enough to spend more than a day at, Rimrock Public Campground and Boat Landing is a pleasant local campground. Life's too short to enjoy all the enjoyable things in the Northern Cascade Range. Put some time aside to spend at Withrow Spring since you're here at Bear Creek Mountain Trail, and Sheep Point is nearby and always good to check out.
A good place to take a look at in close proximity to Bear Creek Mountain Trail is Narrowneck Gap, and there are some good whitewater spots on Cispus River. It's a magnificent idea to check out Long Creek, it's near Bear Creek Mountain Trail; Butte Meadows is a good place to check out.

Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 46.4606, Longitude -121.2374
- - Directions and Road Map

Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 46.5577, Longitude -121.3103
- - Directions and Road Map


Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 15.9 miles
Total climbing distance = 7.6 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 2.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 8 hours

Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 15.9 miles
Total climbing distance = 7 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 2.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 8 hours
    Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 31.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 14.6 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 5 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 3 days

Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 31.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 14.6 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 5 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 3 days

Total elevation difference: 2593 feet


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 Trails Near Bear Creek Mountain Trail:
Minnie Meadows Trail, Yakima County County , 3 miles away, 3.3 hiking miles, 2418 feet elevation difference
Tieton Meadows Trail, Yakima County County , 5 miles away, 5.5 hiking miles, 3251 feet elevation difference
North Fork Tieton Trail, Yakima County County , 7 miles away,  13.8 hiking miles, 2100 feet elevation difference
Hogback Trail, Yakima County County , 7 miles away, 7.7 hiking miles, 2654 feet elevation difference
Shoe Lake Trail, Yakima County County , 7 miles away,  8.6 hiking miles, 3194 feet elevation difference
Big Peak Trail, Yakima County County , 8 miles away,  11 hiking miles, 2631 feet elevation difference
Ironstone Mountain Trail, Yakima County County , 8 miles away,  7.6 hiking miles, 2130 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Bear Creek Mountain Trail:
Grey Creek Campground, Yakima County, 6 miles away
Rimrock Public Campground and Boat Landing, Yakima County, 9 miles away
White Pass Campground, Yakima County, 9 miles away
Twelve West Resort, Naches, 10 miles away
Knuppenburg Lake Campground, Lewis County, 11 miles away
 Whitewater Near Bear Creek Mountain Trail:
Tieton River - South Fork, Yakima County County , 9 miles away, Class IV(V+) - 5.7 miles long (Grey Creek Campground to Rimrock Lake)
Cispus River, Lewis County County , 15 miles away, Class V - 4 miles long (Goat Creek to FR 2160)
Summit Creek, Lewis County County , 19 miles away, Class V+ - 5 miles long (Soda Springs to Highway 123)
Cowlitz River - Clear Fork, Lewis County County , 20 miles away, Class V+ - 5 miles long (Lava Creek to La Wis Wis Campground)
Bumping River, Yakima County County , 20 miles away, Class II - 10.5 miles long (Bumping Reservoir to American River)
 National Parks Near Bear Creek Mountain Trail:
Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford - WA , 49 miles away
 Hotels Near Bear Creek Mountain Trail:
Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum , 39 miles away
Stewart Lodge, Cle Elum , 40 miles away
Best Western Snowcap Lodge, Cle Elum , 40 miles away
Best Western Hood River Inn, Hood River , 40 miles away
Comfort Suites Hood River, Hood River , 42 miles away
 Lakes Near Bear Creek Mountain Trail
Diamond Lake, Yakima County , 2 miles away

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