Washington hiking trails - Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail, Northern Cascade Range, Kittitas County

   
  Can’t wait to get out in the wilderness, Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail in Kittitas County, Washington is just the place. Washington is a wonderful outdoors state. There are so many wonderful great outdoors hiking trails for backcountry backpacking in Washington; Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail is one of them, and it's in Kittitas County. During the summertime months at Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail temperatures are frequently in the 60's. Throughout the dark hours of summer temperatures fall down into the 40's. The winter brings highs down to the 20's; overnight
    lows in the 10's for Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail. This is a neighborhood covered with lots of great outdoors trails. Backcountry hiking here in Washington is a splendid way to spend some time. Different parts of Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail are at very different elevations which
of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the great outdoors hiking trail. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. This is a long great outdoors trail, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. Great outdoors trails like this one here in the Northern Cascade Range are a very magnificent way to see these hills. Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail is 10.4 miles long; it's considered a longer trek. The length of this great outdoors trail is on the longer side with an average amount of climbing distance which  
makes this a very tough great outdoors trail for advanced trekkers looking for a glorious challenge. It's a lengthy tour from Ellensburg to Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail, but when you backcountry hike it you're always having a wonderful time. This is a one trailhead hiking and backpacking trail, so in and out is the way to backcountry walk it normally. The time needed for this backcountry hike is roughly 9 hours, but of course some people walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail frequently gets a good deal of rain; January is when you get the most snow here, and July meanwhile is the driest month. The total elevation difference for this hiking and backpacking trail is 4,410 feet, and that is higher than average. There are plenty of great outdoors hiking trails in Washington; each one of them has its own character.

Briefly about the general area:
Looking for some flowing water? Try South Fork Paris Creek; camping at Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail is great fun, Salmon La Sac - Wenatchee National Forest is a great local campground. If you love the outdoors you'll love it here in the Northern Cascade Range. A short journey to Salmon la Sac is always worthwhile; why not camp at Cayuse Campground while you're here at Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail.
So many exciting things to do at Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail, so little time. A tour to Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail wouldn't be complete without taking a look at Little Salmon la Sac; in the event that you don't mind getting wet, you can always go whitewater paddling on Cle Elum River. This river has it all. Middle Fork Paris Creek is a fine local stream; Cle Elum River has a good whitewater paddling spot close by.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 47.3985, Longitude -121.0898
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Total in and out hiking length = 10.4 miles

Total climbing distance = 4 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 9 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 5.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 4410 feet


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 Trails Near Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail:
Sasse Mountain Trail, Kittitas County County , 2 miles away, 12 hiking miles, 4012 feet elevation difference
Davis Peak Lookout Trail, Kittitas County County , 3 miles away,  7.4 hiking miles, 4439 feet elevation difference
Red Mountain Trail, Kittitas County County , 5 miles away,  4 hiking miles, 3318 feet elevation difference
Lake Michael Trail, Kittitas County County , 6 miles away,  20 hiking miles, 2568 feet elevation difference
Domerie Peak Trail, Kittitas County County , 7 miles away, 9.2 hiking miles, 2254 feet elevation difference
Kachess Ridge Trail, Kittitas County County , 9 miles away, 13.8 hiking miles, 4071 feet elevation difference
Escondido Trail, Kittitas County County , 10 miles away,  8 hiking miles, 2634 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail:
Cayuse Campground, Kittitas County, 3 miles away
Salmon La Sac - Wenatchee National Forest, Chelan, 3 miles away
Salmon la Sac Campground, Kittitas County, 3 miles away
Red Mountain Campground, Kittitas County, 3 miles away
Dry Creek Campground, Kittitas County, 5 miles away
 Whitewater Near Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail:
Cle Elum River, Kittitas County County , 2 miles away, Class IV-V - 8.5 miles long (Scatter Creek to Salmon La Sac Creek)
Cle Elum River, Kittitas County County , 3 miles away, Class II - 4 miles long (Salmon La Sac Creek to Cle Elum Reservoir)
Waptus River, Kittitas County County , 4 miles away, Class II-III+(IV) - 4 miles long (Waptus Lake trail to Salmon La Sac)
Cooper River, Kittitas County County , 5 miles away, Class IV-V - 1.5 miles long (Waterfall to Cle Elum River)
Cle Elum River, Kittitas County County , 8 miles away, Class II - 7.8 miles long (Cle Elum Dam to confluence with Yakima River)
 Hotels Near Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail:
Roslyn Inns, Roslyn , 5 miles away
Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum , 9 miles away
Stewart Lodge, Cle Elum , 11 miles away
Stewart Lodge, Cle Elum , 11 miles away
Best Western Snowcap Lodge, Cle Elum , 12 miles away
 Lakes Near Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail
Salmon La Sac, Kittitas County , 3 miles away
Opal Lake, Kittitas County , 3 miles away

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