Washington hiking trails - High Creek Trail, Kittitas County

   
  Spending too much time indoors got you down? No problem, High Creek Trail in Kittitas County, Washington is a really wonderful site to spend some time. Here in Washington backpacking never gets boring. Each great outdoors trail in Washington is worth backpacking. It's a long trip from Ellensburg to High Creek Trail, but it is a tremendous escape from the urban center. There are so many great great outdoors trails for backpacking in Washington; High Creek Trail in Kittitas County is one of them. This backpacking and hiking trail is not that long but it's
    always pleasant to bring some emergency supplies, you never know what could happen. Around High Creek Trail you don’t get a lot of precipitation; December is the wettest month with most snow; the driest of the months is July. Summertime highs at High Creek Trail generally tend
to be in the 80's; throughout summer nights temperatures are in the 50's. High temperatures throughout the winter are normally in the 30's with winter lows in the 20's overnight here at High Creek Trail. This backpacking and hiking trail sometimes gets very dry, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. Washington is a great outdoors state. This backpacking trail has a total elevation difference of 412 feet, and that is lower than average. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping.  
The great outdoors trail stays roughly within the same elevation zone the whole time, so you won’t have to worry about different climate zones along your backcountry trek. High Creek Trail is a very short great outdoors trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it a magnificent hiking trail for the average person looking for a magnificent adventure. Being 3.4 miles long it's a short great outdoors trail. This trek shouldn't take more than 3 hours, but of course some people walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. This is one of a very small number of hiking trails in this region. This is a two-ended backpacking trail with two trailheads, so if you can get a ride from someone, you can walk it just one way.

Briefly about the general area:
You'll need more than a day to discover everything High Creek Trail has to offer, you can camp at Haney Meadow Campground. There's so much to do here at High Creek Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Lion Rock Spring Campground is a great location for that, and lots of folks from Ellensburg come here.

Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 47.2293, Longitude -120.5124
- - Directions and Road Map

Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 47.2093, Longitude -120.512
- - Directions and Road Map


Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 1.7 miles
Total climbing distance = .5 miles
Difficulty : Easy
Casual Hiking Pace: 1.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: .5 hours

Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 1.7 miles
Total climbing distance = 1 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace: 1.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 1 hours
    Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 3.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.5 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace: 3 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 2 hours

Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 3.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.5 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace: 3 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 2 hours

Total elevation difference: 412 feet


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 Camp Grounds Near High Creek Trail:
Haney Meadow Campground, Kittitas County, 4 miles away
Lion Rock Spring Campground, Kittitas County, 5 miles away
Alphine Campground, Chelan County, 6 miles away
Meadow Campground, Chelan County, 6 miles away
Tronsen Campground, Chelan County, 7 miles away
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