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| | There are plenty of backpacking trails in Washington; each one of them has its own unique attractiveness. Lusk Creek Trail is a long trip away from Hood River, but great outdoors trails like these are brilliant. Glorious backpacking trails in Washington are in abundance, and Lusk Creek Trail is one of them, and it's in Skamania County. With its 2.6 miles of walking distance it's a shorter type backcountry trek. The total elevation difference for this hiking trail is 780 feet which is lower than average. You can't spend all your time indoors you need to |
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get out once in a while, and Lusk Creek Trail in Skamania County, Washington is an excellent site to go. This hiking trail has two trailheads, so backcountry trekking it one way is an option if you can arrange for a ride back. Lusk Creek Trail stays roughly within the same elevation
| | zone the whole time, so you get pretty much the same conditions along the whole hiking trail. For the duration of the warmest time of the year highs here at Lusk Creek Trail get into the 80's while night lows are regularly in the 40's. For the duration of the wintertime the highs are regularly in the 30's, and night lows at Lusk Creek Trail through the wintertime regularly descend into the 20's. This is not a very long backcountry trail but it's always wonderful to bring some emergency supplies, you never know what could happen. This part of Washington | |
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is always a bliss to explore during hiking season. Lusk Creek Trail is a very short hiking and backpacking trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it an outstanding hiking trail for the average person looking for an outstanding adventure. Lusk Creek Trail
is a wet place that gets a lot of rainfall; December is the wettest month with most snow, and July meanwhile is the driest month. The number of hiking trails in this vicinity is not very high. These hiking and backpacking trails here in the Northern Cascade Range are the best way
to enjoy these mountaintops. You should count on this backcountry hike taking about 2.5 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. If you happen to be in Washington, why not go backpacking, it is always an enjoyable thing to
do. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go.
Briefly about the general area:
If you want a perfect time in the great outdoors just come on up to the Northern Cascade Range. There's so much to do here at Lusk Creek Trail that you need
to camp here for a while, Smoky Creek Campground is a great site for that. Stay the night at Ice Cave Campground, and you're sure to come across some nice people from Hood River here.
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Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 45.9214, Longitude -121.6561
- - Directions and Road Map
Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 45.9358, Longitude -121.6597
- - Directions and Road Map
Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 1.3 miles
Total climbing distance = .4 miles
Difficulty : Easy
Casual Hiking Pace:
1 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
.5 hours
Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 1.3 miles
Total climbing distance = .7 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
1 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
.5 hours
| | Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 2.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.1 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
2.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
1.5 hours
Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 2.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.1 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
2.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
1.5 hours
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Total elevation difference: 780 feet
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| These outdoors activities are available near Lusk Creek Trail. |
| | Trails Near Lusk Creek Trail:
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Cougar Way, Skamania County
County
, 2 miles away, 8.2 hiking miles, 1608 feet elevation difference |
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Oklahoma Trail, Skamania County
County
, 2 miles away, 2.4 hiking miles, 935 feet elevation difference |
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Little Huckleberry Trail, Skamania County
County
, 3 miles away, 6.8 hiking miles, 3162 feet elevation difference |
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| | Hotels Near Lusk Creek Trail:
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Comfort Suites Hood River, Hood River
, 13 miles away |
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Best Western Hood River Inn, Hood River
, 15 miles away |
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Rodeway Inn Stevenson, Stevenson
, 19 miles away |
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Skamania Lodge, Stevenson
, 21 miles away |
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Columbia Gorge Motel, Cascade Locks
, 21 miles away |
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19 miles away
