Washington hiking trails - Hunters Trail, Northern Cascade Range, Chelan County

   
  Here in the pleasant state of Washington trekking is always an amusing thing to do. Hunters Trail is a trail pretty far from Wenatchee, but there's great natural prettiness awaiting you here along it. Outdoors folks generally like this part of Washington. These backcountry hiking trails here in the Northern Cascade Range are a perfect way to explore these hills. There are not too many wilderness trails in this region. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. Now, this is roughly a 1.5-day trek, so it's an excellent thing if your backpack is
    big enough to do the job. Hunters Trail is a one trailhead great outdoors trail, so in and out is the way to hike it normally. This hiking and backpacking 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. High temperatures at Hunters Trail through the summer are in the 70's. During the moonlight hours it's regularly in the 40's. The cold days of the winter come with highs in the 20's; night lows through the winter for Hunters Trail tend to be in the 10's. Hunters Trail goes through some very different elevations, and that means that some parts of the trail could be very different from other parts of it. Now this hiking and backpacking trail is pretty long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. With its 11.4 miles of walking distance;  
it's considered a longer walk. Every Washington backpacking and hiking trail is worth trekking. Put on your backcountry backpacking shoes, and hit the trail, Hunters Trail in Chelan County, Washington is a nice location to go. The length of this backcountry hiking trail is on the longer side with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it a wonderful wilderness trail for experienced backcountry walkers in great shape. There are many pleasant backpacking and hiking trails in Washington; one of these is Hunters Trail in Chelan County. The total elevation difference for this great outdoors trail is 2,937 feet which is a higher than average number. Hunters Trail gets a normal amount of rainfall; all through December this vicinity sees the most snow, and the driest of the months is July.

Briefly about the general area:
Yeah, come up here to the Northern Cascade Range for a wonderful time. There's so much to do here at Hunters Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Silver Falls Campground is a tremendous spot for that; some close by water includes Pope Creek.
Don't leave Hunters Trail without first paying a visit to Entiat Falls, and Whistling Pig Meadow is a fine site here at Hunters Trail. Jungle Creek is one of the streams close by that might be worth stopping at, and everybody loves Cougar Meadow. All the outdoors enjoyable stuff in the Northern Cascade Range will keep you coming back many times. If you came to camp Blue Creek Campground is a splendid site to do that, and get dripping wet paddling on Entiat River.
Yeah, come here to Hunters Trail for a tremendous time. A magnificent place near Hunters Trail is Box Canyon, and the beauty of mother nature reveals herself at Silver Falls.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 47.93, Longitude -120.5323
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Total in and out hiking length = 11.4 miles

Total climbing distance = 4.9 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 1.5 days

Fast Hiking Pace: 6.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 2937 feet


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These outdoors activities are available near Hunters Trail.
 Trails Near Hunters Trail:
Duncan Hill Trail, Chelan County County , 8 miles away,  27.2 hiking miles, 5038 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Hunters Trail:
Silver Falls Campground, Chelan County, 3 miles away
Blue Creek Campground, Chelan County, 4 miles away
Fox Creek Campground, Chelan County, 4 miles away
Halfway Spring Campground, Chelan County, 4 miles away
Spruce Grove Campground, Chelan County, 5 miles away
 Whitewater Near Hunters Trail:
Entiat River, Chelan County County , 3 miles away, Class III-IV(V+) - 2.5 miles long (FR 5605 to Tommy Creek trailhead)
Entiat River, Chelan County County , 4 miles away, Class III-IV(V+) - 6.7 miles long (Cottonwood Campground to FR 5605)
Entiat River, Chelan County County , 5 miles away, Class IV+ - 3 miles long (Lake Creek Campground to National Forest boundary)
Wenatchee River, Chelan County County , 14 miles away, Class II - 16.5 miles long (Lake Wenatchee State Park to Tumwater Campground)
Nason River, -blank- County County , 16 miles away, Class II-III - 4 miles long (Merritt to Coles Corner)
 Hotels Near Hunters Trail:
Adventure Inn, Leavenworth , 16 miles away
Bavarian Ritz, Leavenworth , 16 miles away
Howard Johnson Express Inn - Leavenworth, Leavenworth , 17 miles away
Quality Inn & Suites, Leavenworth , 17 miles away
Best Western Icicle Inn, Leavenworth , 17 miles away

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