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| | Quite far from Ellensburg you come across High Creek Trail, but what a glorious spot for backcountry hiking it is. When you're here in Washington backcountry backpacking along one of its great outdoors hiking trails is a glorious idea. Every Washington great outdoors hiking trail has something unique to offer. Washington has so much to offer nature lovers. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. This great outdoors trail is a very short great outdoors trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it a wonderful great outdoors |
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hiking trail for the average person looking for a wonderful adventure. Put on your backcountry hiking shoes, and hit the hiking and backpacking trail, if you happen to be in Kittitas County of Washington, High Creek Trail is a glorious local hiking and backpacking trail for doing
| | a bit of leg stretching. This backcountry hike shouldn't take more than 3 hours, but of course some people walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. Summer at High Creek Trail comes with high temperatures in the 80's, and the night is a bit colder of course, typically in the 50's. The wintertime comes with highs in the 30's with temperatures at High Creek Trail dipping down into the 20's during winter nights. Wilderness trails for backcountry backpacking, and backpacking can be found all over Washington, and among these are High Creek Trail in Kittitas County. | |
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Sometimes this wilderness trail gets really dry, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. High Creek Trail is pretty dehydrated frequently; of all the months in a year December is the one with the most snow;
July meanwhile is the driest month. This backpacking and hiking trail has a total elevation difference of 412 feet which is a lower than average number. High Creek Trail is not that long but it's always perfect to bring some emergency supplies, you never know what could happen.
There are two trailheads to chose from, one in each end, so if you can get a ride from someone, you can backcountry hike it just one way. The number of great outdoors hiking trails in this vicinity is not very high. There's not much difference in elevation along the wilderness
trail, so you get pretty much the same conditions along the whole wilderness trail. High Creek Trail is 3.4 miles long it's shorter than many wilderness trails.
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 wonderful place for that, and lots of folks from Ellensburg come here.
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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
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Total elevation difference: 412 feet
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Best Western Lincoln Inn & Suites, Ellensburg
, 12 miles away |
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Quality Inn Ellensburg, Ellensburg
, 12 miles away |
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Inn at Goose Creek, Ellensburg
, 12 miles away |
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Comfort Inn Ellensburg, Ellensburg
, 12 miles away |
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Ellensburg Super 8 Motel, Ellensburg
, 12 miles away |
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