Washington hiking trails - Fire Creek Way, Northern Cascade Range, Snohomish County

   
  There are hiking trails all over Washington; one of them being Fire Creek Way in Snohomish County. If you are in Washington during backcountry backpacking season you have to go backcountry backpacking. Each hiking trail in Washington has something unique to offer. Ok, you've been cooped up too long, time to get out in the outdoors a bit, and Fire Creek Way in Snohomish County, Washington is just the spot. All through the summertime months here at Fire Creek Way, high temperatures generally reach the 70's; during summer nights temperatures are in the 50's.
    The winter brings highs down to the 40's; during the dark hours in the winter at Fire Creek Way temperatures fall to the 20's. Fire Creek Way is 9.2 miles long; it's considered a longer backcountry trek. Backpacking trails like this one here in the Northern Cascade Range are a
really perfect way to spend quality time in the wilderness. This is just one of a large number of great outdoors trails in this neighborhood. Fire Creek Way is a one trailhead great outdoors hiking trail, so you'll be backcountry backpacking it in and back out. The length of this great outdoors hiking trail is on the longer side having an average number of uphill miles which makes this a very tough great outdoors trail for advanced hikers looking for a nice challenge. Fire Creek Way is a quite wet place commonly with a good deal of precipitation; the month  
of November is the wettest with most of the rain, and July meanwhile is the driest month. There's not much difference in elevation along the great outdoors trail, so you won’t have to worry about different climate zones along your backcountry trek. You should count on this walk taking about 8 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. The total elevation difference for Fire Creek Way is 1,437 feet which is about average. Here in Washington backcountry hiking is a glorious idea. Fire Creek Way is in a pretty uninhabited region, and when you backcountry walk it you're always having a brilliant time. This is a hiking trail that is quite long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip.

Briefly about the general area:
And if that's not sufficient there's a lot more fun stuff to do in the Northern Cascade Range. Owl Creek Campground is a nice local campground, and there's some flowing water nearby, Pumice Creek is a stream you can stop at during your stay. Downey Creek Campground is a pleasant campground nearby, and Fourteenmile Creek is one of the streams nearby that might be worth a visit.
Get your heart beating on the good whitewater of Downey Creek; you can run the rapids of Sloan Creek.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 48.1555, Longitude -121.2661
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Total in and out hiking length = 9.2 miles

Total climbing distance = 3.9 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 8 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 5.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 1437 feet


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 Trails Near Fire Creek Way:
Camp Creek Ridge Trail, Snohomish County County , 1 miles away,  9 hiking miles, 4047 feet elevation difference
Glacier Ridge Trail, Snohomish County County , 1 miles away,  14.2 hiking miles, 3891 feet elevation difference
Fire Creek Trail, Snohomish County County , 2 miles away,  23.2 hiking miles, 4244 feet elevation difference
Kennedy Ridge Trail, Snohomish County County , 2 miles away,  18.8 hiking miles, 3975 feet elevation difference
Meadow Mountain Trail, Snohomish County County , 2 miles away, 13.4 hiking miles, 4096 feet elevation difference
Lost Creek Ridge Trail, Snohomish County County , 3 miles away,  20.6 hiking miles, 4949 feet elevation difference
Sulphur Mountain Way, Snohomish County County , 6 miles away,  3.8 hiking miles, 4270 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Fire Creek Way:
Owl Creek Campground, Snohomish County, 2 miles away
Downey Creek Campground, Snohomish County, 5 miles away
Sloan Creek Campground, Snohomish County, 5 miles away
Sulphur Creek Campground, Snohomish County, 6 miles away
East Side Buck Creek Campground, Snohomish County, 9 miles away
 Whitewater Near Fire Creek Way:
Downey Creek, Snohomish County County , 6 miles away, Class III-IV - 1 miles long (Downey Creek trail to Suiattle River)
Sloan Creek, Snohomish County County , 6 miles away, Class IV-V - 1 miles long (to National Forest Sauk)
Suiattle River, Snohomish/Skagit County County , 7 miles away, Class III+ - 16 miles long (Sulphur Creek to Rat Trap Bridge)
Sauk River - North Fork, Snohomish County County , 9 miles away, Class IV+ - 1.5 miles long (Above North Fork Falls)
Whitechuck River, Snohomish County County , 13 miles away, Class IV - 6 miles long (Bridge above Crystal Creek to Sauk River confluence)
 National Parks Near Fire Creek Way:
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, Sedro-Woolley - WA , 68 miles away
North Cascades National Park, Sedro-Woolley - WA , 68 miles away
Ross Lake National Recreation Area, Sedro-Woolley - WA , 68 miles away
 Hotels Near Fire Creek Way:
Howard Johnson Snoqualmie/Summit, Snoqualmie Pass , 36 miles away
Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum , 46 miles away
Best Western Icicle Inn, Leavenworth , 46 miles away
Quality Inn & Suites, Leavenworth , 46 miles away
Howard Johnson Express Inn - Leavenworth, Leavenworth , 47 miles away

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