Washington hiking trails - Lava Butte Trail, Northern Cascade Range, Skamania County

   
  Lava Butte Trail is not very right next door to Hood River at all, but trekking is such an exciting thing to do, and this is an outstanding spot to do that. As long as you like the outdoors you will like Washington. When you're here in Washington backcountry hiking along one of its great outdoors hiking trails is always an exciting thing to do. Every single Washington great outdoors hiking trail has its own character. This backcountry trek shouldn't take more than 9 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared
    for that. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. At Lava Butte Trail all through the days of summer highs are in the 70's. Summer nighttime lows drop down to the 50's. High temperatures during the winter are normally in the 40's; during the dark hours in the winter
at Lava Butte Trail temperatures drop to the 30's. Now this wilderness hiking trail is pretty long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. There are so many pleasant great outdoors hiking trails for backcountry hiking in Washington, and Lava Butte Trail is one of them, and it's in Skamania County. Lava Butte Trail is a two ended wilderness trail with two trailheads, so backpacking it one way is an option if you can arrange for a ride back. The backcountry hiking trails of the Northern Cascade Range are the best way to enjoy these mountaintops.  
Lava Butte Trail is 10 miles long; it's longer than many backpacking and hiking trails. You can't spend all your time indoors you need to get out once in a while, and Lava Butte Trail in Skamania County, Washington is the wilderness at its best. Lava Butte Trail sees pretty high levels of rain; of all the months in a year December is the one with the most rain, and July on the other hand is the driest. This backcountry hiking trail is a very long backcountry hiking trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it an outstanding great outdoors trail for experienced backcountry hikers in good shape. The backpacking and hiking trail stays roughly within the same elevation zone the whole time which means the conditions are about the same from start to finish. This is just one of a large number of great outdoors trails in this vicinity. This wilderness trail has a total elevation difference of 1,401 feet which is an average number.

Briefly about the general area:
This is a great river. Pete Gulch is a pleasant place to stop at in the vicinity of Lava Butte Trail, and get wet paddling on Wind River. McClellan Meadows is a delightful place to check out; the beauty of mother nature reveals herself at Tyee Springs.
Not enough hours in a day to enjoy the Northern Cascade Range. Camping at Lava Butte Trail is tremendous fun, Little Soda Springs Campground is a tremendous local campground, and some of the water close by flows, like Oldman Creek. If only every site had this much outdoors enjoyable stuff, what a great world it would be. Lava Butte Trail is a great site to camp, Curly Creek Campground is a great site. A tour to Lava Butte Trail wouldn't be complete without taking a look at Falls Creek Falls, and swing by Juice Creek it's a good location to have a look at.

Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 45.9484, Longitude -121.9337
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Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 45.9159, Longitude -121.8833
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Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 5 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.7 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace: 5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 2.5 hours

Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 5 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.6 miles
Difficulty : Easy
Casual Hiking Pace: 4 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 2 hours
    Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 10 miles
Total climbing distance = 4.3 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 9 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 6 hours

Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 10 miles
Total climbing distance = 4.3 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 9 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 6 hours

Total elevation difference: 1401 feet


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12 miles away
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 Trails Near Lava Butte Trail:
Falls Creek Trail, Skamania County County , 1 miles away, 9.1 hiking miles, 2402 feet elevation difference
Ridge Trail, Skamania County County , 3 miles away, 3 hiking miles, 773 feet elevation difference
Paradise Trail, Skamania County County , 4 miles away, 2.3 hiking miles, 1390 feet elevation difference
Huckleberry Trail, Skamania County County , 6 miles away, 4.4 hiking miles, 2309 feet elevation difference
Soda Peaks Trail, Skamania County County , 7 miles away, 0.7 hiking miles, 942 feet elevation difference
Cedar Creek Trail, Skamania County County , 8 miles away, 5.5 hiking miles, 2584 feet elevation difference
Observation Peak Trail, Skamania County County , 9 miles away,  12.4 hiking miles, 2662 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Lava Butte Trail:
Little Soda Springs Campground, Skamania County, 6 miles away
Curly Creek Campground, Skamania County, 7 miles away
Observation Berryfield Campground, Skamania County, 9 miles away
Forlorn Lakes Campground, Skamania County, 11 miles away
Swift Forest Campground, Skamania County, 11 miles away
 Whitewater Near Lava Butte Trail:
Wind River, Skamania County County , 4 miles away, Class III+ - 3.4 miles long (Falls Creek to Mineral Springs Road)
Wind River, Skamania County County , 5 miles away, Class IV-V - 6 miles long (Ranger Station Close to Stabler to High Bridge)
Wind River, Skamania County County , 5 miles away, Class I-II - 7.2 miles long (Mineral Springs to Stabler)
Rush Creek, Skamania County County , 6 miles away, Class V+ - 5 miles long (Meadow Creek to FR 90)
Trout Creek, Skamania County County , 8 miles away, Class IV-V - 6.3 miles long (FR 43 to Wind River)
 National Parks Near Lava Butte Trail:
Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford - WA , 39 miles away
 Hotels Near Lava Butte Trail:
Columbia Gorge Riverside Lodge, Stevenson , 1 miles away
Wind River Cabins & Lodging, Carson , 12 miles away
Econo Lodge Stevenson, Stevenson , 12 miles away
Dolce Skamania Lodge, Stevenson , 12 miles away
Skamania Lodge, Stevenson , 12 miles away

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