Washington hiking trails - Grizzly Bear Trail, Blue Mountains, Columbia County

   
  Washington has plenty of great great outdoors trails; one of these is Grizzly Bear Trail in Columbia County. In Washington you never run out of outdoors fun. If you happen to be in Washington, why not go trekking, it never gets boring. Grizzly Bear Trail is quite long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. The total elevation difference for Grizzly Bear Trail is 3,837 feet which is higher than average. Now, this is roughly a 3.5-day trek, so it's a perfect thing if your backpack is big enough to do the job. The backcountry trails of the Blue Mountains
    are a great way to explore these mountaintops. Ok, you've been cooped up too long, time to get out in the outdoors a bit, and Grizzly Bear Trail in Columbia County, Washington is an outstanding place to go. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in site.
Grizzly Bear Trail is 25.2 miles long; it's a long backpacking trail. At parts of the year this vicinity sees very little rain, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. Grizzly Bear Trail gets a typical amount of annual precipitation; November is when you get the most rain here while July is the month with the least amount of precipitation. Grizzly Bear Trail is a one trailhead backcountry hiking trail, so in and out is the way to backcountry walk it normally. The length of Grizzly Bear  
Trail is on the longer side with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it a perfect great outdoors hiking trail for experienced backcountry walkers in good shape. Every single Washington great outdoors trail is well worth a backcountry trek. Grizzly Bear Trail is a great outdoors trail rather far from La Grande, but backcountry trekking it is always exciting. Summer at Grizzly Bear Trail comes with high temperatures in the 80's. Once the sun is down it sinks down to the 40's. The winter comes with highs in the 30's, and after the sun is down during the winter temperatures at Grizzly Bear Trail sink into the 20's. Grizzly Bear Trail goes through some very different elevations, so keep in mind that you may need to dress differently at different elevations. This is just one of a large number of great outdoors hiking trails in this region.

Briefly about the general area:
So many amusing things in the Blue Mountains, just unbelievable. Grande Ronde River has a great whitewater paddling spot nearby. Ant Flat is a great spot here at Grizzly Bear Trail, and don't leave Grizzly Bear Trail without first paying a visit to Meadow Spring.
Life's too short to enjoy all the enjoyable stuff in the Blue Mountains. If you came to camp Teepee Campground is a brilliant place to do that, and Ant Flat is right here at Grizzly Bear Trail. Squaw Creek flows through this vicinity, and a great location to go to is Box Canyon. And that's not all you can do here at Grizzly Bear Trail. Grizzly Bear Trail is delightful enough to spend more than a day at, Tepee Campground is a delightful local campground, and in case you don’t mind getting dripping wet, you can always go whitewater paddling on Grande Ronde River.
A visit to Rock Spring will fill your spirit with fine feelings; a quick journey to Rock Creek is positively a wonderful idea.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 45.9658, Longitude -117.6755
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Total in and out hiking length = 25.2 miles

Total climbing distance = 10.6 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 3.5 days

Fast Hiking Pace: 2.5 days

Total elevation difference: 3837 feet


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 Trails Near Grizzly Bear Trail:
Cross Canyon Trail, Wallowa County County , 3 miles away,  9 hiking miles, 2827 feet elevation difference
West Butte Creek Trail, Columbia County County , 5 miles away,  10.6 hiking miles, 3127 feet elevation difference
Slick Ear Trail, Columbia County County , 5 miles away,  19.4 hiking miles, 2581 feet elevation difference
Dexter Ridge Trail, Columbia County County , 5 miles away,  23 hiking miles, 3441 feet elevation difference
East Butte Creek Trail, Columbia County County , 5 miles away,  27.4 hiking miles, 3023 feet elevation difference
Smooth Ridge Trail, Columbia County County , 6 miles away,  36.8 hiking miles, 5156 feet elevation difference
Sawtooth Trail, Columbia County County , 6 miles away, 13.3 hiking miles, 3580 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Grizzly Bear Trail:
Teepee Campground, Columbia County, 6 miles away
Tepee Campground, Columbia County, 6 miles away
Godman Campground, Columbia County, 7 miles away
Bear Canyon Campground, Wallowa County, 7 miles away
Panjab Campground, Columbia County, 10 miles away
 Whitewater Near Grizzly Bear Trail:
Grande Ronde River, Wallowa County County , 14 miles away, Class II-III - 46 miles long (Wallowa River to Grande Ronde River)
Grande Ronde River, Union County County , 20 miles away, Class II-IV - 13 miles long (Elgin to Palmer Junction)
Grande Ronde River, Asotin County County , 26 miles away, Class II-III - 19.5 miles long (Troy to Boggan's Oasis)
Grande Ronde River, Union County County , 32 miles away, Class I - 32 miles long (Riverside City Park to Elgin)
Grande Ronde River, Asotin County County , 42 miles away, Class II-IV - 27 miles long (Boggan's Oasis to Snake River)
 Hotels Near Grizzly Bear Trail:
Best Western Rama Inn & Suites, La Grande , 40 miles away
Super 8 LaGrande, La Grande , 40 miles away
Americas Best Value Sandman Inn, La Grande , 40 miles away
Super 8 Walla Walla, Walla Walla , 40 miles away
Best Western Rama Inn & Suites, Enterprise , 40 miles away

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