Washington hiking trails - Dalles Ridge Trail, Northern Cascade Range, Pierce County

   
  There are so many pleasant wilderness trails for backcountry trekking in Washington; among these are Dalles Ridge Trail in Pierce County. Many miles from the least distant urban center you have Dalles Ridge Trail, and backcountry hiking it is brilliant fun any time. Hiking in Washington is always an enjoyable thing to do. There are so many hiking and backpacking trails in this neighborhood. This hiking trail is a mid length hiking trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it a wonderful hiking and backpacking trail for the average
    person looking for a wonderful adventure. Washington has so much to offer the fresh air lovers. During the summertime months at Dalles Ridge Trail temperatures are commonly in the 70's. During the moonlight hours it's regularly in the 50's. During the wintertime the highs are regularly
in the 40's, and night lows at Dalles Ridge Trail through the wintertime regularly fall into the 30's. This is not a very long hiking trail but you should still bring some emergency supplies just in case something happens. Finally, backcountry hiking time is here again, and Dalles Ridge Trail in Pierce County, Washington is a splendid place to go. There are plenty of wilderness trails in Washington; each one of them is well worth a backcountry trek. This is a one trailhead hiking trail, so you're looking at an in and out trek. This trek shouldn't take more  
than 4.5 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. A lot of precipitation falls at Dalles Ridge Trail; November is when you get the most rain here, and July meanwhile is the driest month. There's not much difference in elevation along Dalles Ridge Trail, so you get pretty much the same conditions along the whole backpacking trail. Being 4.8 miles long it's an average length backpacking trail. The charming hiking trails of the Northern Cascade Range are a really great way to spend quality time in the fresh air. This hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 558 feet which is lower than average.

Briefly about the general area:
If you have a thing about the outdoors you'll have a thing about it here in the Northern Cascade Range. A pleasant place to stop by right next door to Dalles Ridge Trail is Corral Pass, and you can run the rapids of Greenwater River. There's some flowing water nearby, Hardwood Creek is a stream you can explore while you're here, and there's whitewater on White River for all you thrill seekers.
Deep Creek is one of the streams close by that might be worth stopping at; Dalles Ridge Trail is great enough to spend more than a day at, The Dalles Campground is a great local campground. There's so much to do here at Dalles Ridge Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Dry Creek Campground is a tremendous place for that.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 47.0286, Longitude -121.4851
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Total in and out hiking length = 4.8 miles

Total climbing distance = 2.1 miles

Difficulty : Medium

Casual Hiking Pace: 4.5 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 3 hours

Total elevation difference: 558 feet


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 Trails Near Dalles Ridge Trail:
Twentyeight Mile Creek Trail, Pierce County County , 2 miles away, 9.3 hiking miles, 3558 feet elevation difference
Lost Lake Trail, Pierce County County , 2 miles away,  12 hiking miles, 2942 feet elevation difference
Castle Mountain Trail, Pierce County County , 3 miles away,  3 hiking miles, 591 feet elevation difference
Greenwater Trail, Pierce County County , 4 miles away,  9.2 hiking miles, 1028 feet elevation difference
Naches Pass-Greenwater Trail, King County County , 5 miles away, 3.7 hiking miles, 2261 feet elevation difference
Sun Top Trail, Pierce County County , 5 miles away, 7 hiking miles, 3225 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Dalles Ridge Trail:
Dry Creek Campground, Pierce County, 2 miles away
The Dalles Campground, Pierce County, 6 miles away
Morse Creek Campground, Yakima County, 9 miles away
Lodgepole Campground, Yakima County, 10 miles away
White River Campground, Pierce County, 12 miles away
 Whitewater Near Dalles Ridge Trail:
White River, Pierce County County , 5 miles away, Class III - 10 miles long (Silver Springs Campground to West Fork White)
Greenwater River, Pierce/King County County , 8 miles away, Class II(IV) - 7.2 miles long (FR 7030 Bridge to Highway 410)
Chinook Creek, Pierce County County , 11 miles away, Class IV-V - 5 miles long (Deer Creek to Cedar Flats)
 National Parks Near Dalles Ridge Trail:
Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford - WA , 36 miles away
 Hotels Near Dalles Ridge Trail:
Howard Johnson Snoqualmie/Summit, Snoqualmie Pass , 19 miles away
Salish Lodge And Spa, Snoqualmie , 32 miles away
Kings Valu Inn, Enumclaw , 33 miles away
Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum , 35 miles away
Econo Lodge Buckley, Buckley , 38 miles away
 Lakes Near Dalles Ridge Trail
Twentyeight Mile Lake, Pierce County , 0 miles away

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