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| | Washington has lots of outdoors pursuits. Clearwater Trail is a long journey away from Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, but It's always cool to walk here. Ok, you've been cooped up too long, time to get out in the fresh air a bit, and Clearwater Trail in Pierce County, Washington is a really delightful site to spend some time. Clearwater Trail is 21.2 miles long; it's considered a longer backcountry trek. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. This is a two-ended backpacking and hiking trail with two trailheads, so if you |
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can get a ride from someone, you can walk it just one way. Of course, this is an overnight backcountry walk, 3 days normally, so it's a tremendous thing if your backpack is big enough to do the job. These hiking trails here in the Northern Cascade Range are a really tremendous
| | way to spend quality time in the outdoors. Going for a hike here in Washington is an excellent idea. Keep in mind that this is a long great outdoors trail, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. Every single Washington hiking trail has its own unique prettiness. This backpacking and hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 2,788 feet which is a higher than average number. Great outdoors trails are splendid and plentiful in Washington; among these are Clearwater Trail in Pierce County. Clearwater Trail typically gets lots of precipitation; November | |
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is when you get the most rain here, and the driest month is July. Summertime brings highs in the 70's to Clearwater Trail while nighttime lows are typically in the 50's. Throughout the wintertime the highs are typically in the 40's while the cold winter nights at Clearwater Trail
are in the 30's. This hiking and backpacking trail goes through some very different elevations, and that means that some parts of the hiking and backpacking trail could be very different from other parts of it. There are so many backcountry hiking trails in this region. Clearwater
Trail is a hiking trail of tremendous length having an average number of uphill miles which makes this a very tough backcountry hiking trail for advanced hikers looking for a glorious challenge.
Briefly about the general area:
It's always splendid to check out Ranger
Falls, and whitewater paddling is delightful on Clearwater River - White River Tributary.
You just have to go for the Northern Cascade Range. Celery Meadow is a brilliant location to check out, and popping by Mount Rainier National Park is just something you need to do if you
haven't yet. A journey to Chenuis Falls will fill your spirit with good feelings, and get covered with water paddling on White River. Test Creek is a stream that you may encounter while you're here, and you can stay the night at Cougar Rock Campground.
You absolutely ought
to love Clearwater Trail. A trip to Bee Flat invigorates the soul; Clearwater Trail is a perfect place to visit for more than one day, Ipsut Creek Campground is a perfect place to camp nearby. These mountains rock, just look at all the cool stuff to do in the Northern Cascade Range.
McGilvery Creek is one of the streams close by that might be worth visiting, and a perfect site to have a look at close by is Hurricane Gap.
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Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 47.0706, Longitude -121.8825
- - Directions and Road Map
Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 47.045, Longitude -121.753
- - Directions and Road Map
Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 10.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 5.8 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
1.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace:
5.5 hours
Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 10.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 3.9 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
9 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
5 hours
| | Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 21.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 9.7 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
3 days
Fast Hiking Pace:
2 days
Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 21.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 9.7 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
3 days
Fast Hiking Pace:
2 days
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Total elevation difference: 2788 feet
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Outdoors Recreation Near Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
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More Hotels and Campgrounds Near Clearwater Trail, Northern Cascade Range, Pierce County, Washington
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| These outdoors activities are available near Clearwater Trail. |
| | Trails Near Clearwater Trail:
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Summit Lake Trail, Pierce County
County
, 1 miles away, 5.1 hiking miles, 1322 feet elevation difference |
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Carbon Trail, Pierce County
County
, 4 miles away, 11.4 hiking miles, 3299 feet elevation difference |
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Ipsut Creek Trail, Pierce County
County
, 5 miles away, 4.8 hiking miles, 3790 feet elevation difference |
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Flip-O-Way Trail, Pierce County
County
, 7 miles away, 2.7 hiking miles, 2399 feet elevation difference |
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Paul Peak Trail, Pierce County
County
, 8 miles away, 3 hiking miles, 1081 feet elevation difference |
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Northern Loop Trail, Pierce County
County
, 9 miles away, 32.2 hiking miles, 4766 feet elevation difference |
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Moraine Trail, Pierce County
County
, 14 miles away, 2.4 hiking miles, 452 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near Clearwater Trail:
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Clearwater River - White River Tributary, Pierce County
County
, 4 miles away, Class III - 4 miles long (Bridge to confluence with White River) |
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White River, Pierce County
County
, 8 miles away, Class III - 13.5 miles long (West Fork to Bridge Camp) |
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South Praire Creek, Pierce County
County
, 11 miles away, Class V - 6.6 miles long (East Fork to Spiketon Road) |
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Green River, King County
County
, 13 miles away, Class II+(III) - 3.5 miles long (Headworks to Kanaskat-Palmer State Park) |
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Green River, King County
County
, 15 miles away, Class III-IV - 5 miles long (Green River Gorge) |
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| | Hotels Near Clearwater Trail:
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Kings Valu Inn, Enumclaw
, 12 miles away |
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Econo Lodge Buckley, Buckley
, 16 miles away |
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Salish Lodge And Spa, Snoqualmie
, 22 miles away |
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Holiday Inn SEATTLE-ISSAQUAH, Issaquah
, 28 miles away |
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Hilton Garden Inn Seattle/Issaquah, Issaquah
, 28 miles away |
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