Washington hiking trails - Red Hill Trail, Chelan County

   
  Every single Washington backcountry hiking trail is well worth a backcountry trek. Washington has plenty of good backcountry hiking trails, and one of these is Red Hill Trail in Chelan County. In Washington you never run out of outdoors fun. This vicinity does get very dry sometimes, so do check for current fire restrictions before you go if you plan to bring a stove or make a camp fire. Now, this is roughly a 2-day backcountry trek, so it's a glorious thing if your backpack is big enough to do the job. There are two trailheads to chose from, one in each end,
    so if you can get a ride from someone, you can walk it just one way. High temperatures at Red Hill Trail all through the warm days of summer are in the 80's with nighttime lows in the 40's. All through the wintertime highs are frequently in the 30's; after the sun is down throughout
the wintertime temperatures at Red Hill Trail drop into the 10's. This backcountry hiking trail is a backcountry hiking trail of good length having an average number of uphill miles which makes this a very tough wilderness trail for advanced hikers looking for an excellent challenge. There are so many wilderness trails in this area. The annual rain here at Red Hill Trail is about average; January is when you get the most snow here, and July is the month with the least moisture. Red Hill Trail is 14.2 miles long; it's a long great outdoors hiking trail. Trekking  
here in Washington is something that is always fun to do. Red Hill Trail is quite long, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. Red Hill Trail has a total elevation difference of 3,239 feet which is a higher than average number. Put on your backpacking shoes, and hit the backcountry hiking trail, Red Hill Trail in Chelan County, Washington is just what you need. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. Red Hill Trail is not very near Ellensburg at all, but it is a really great backcountry hiking trail. Red Hill Trail goes through some very different elevations which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the great outdoors hiking trail.

Briefly about the general area:
A short visit to Grouse Spring is always worthwhile; East Fork Mission Creek is in the neighborhood of Red Hill Trail and is always a diversion to explore. Red Hill Trail is delightful enough to spend more than a day at, Pine Campground is a delightful local campground; Devils Gulch is another great site to stop at close by.
Some close by water includes Little Camas Creek; Upper Naneum Meadow is a beautiful location any time of year. If you don’t have a problem getting dripping wet, you can always go whitewater paddling on Peshastin Creek, and Mission Spring is always fun to check out.
If only every place had this much outdoors enjoyable things, what a great planet it would be. Here at Red Hill Trail you'll probably meet some people from Ellensburg, and locations like Tronsen Meadow are tremendous to check out. There's so much to do here at Red Hill Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Stump Campground is a nice place for that, and Wenatchee River is a nice whitewater spot close by.

Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 47.3953, Longitude -120.4999
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Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 47.3713, Longitude -120.5525
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Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 7.1 miles
Total climbing distance = 4.6 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 7.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 4 hours

Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 7.1 miles
Total climbing distance = 1 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 2.5 hours
    Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 14.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 5.6 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 2 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 8 hours

Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 14.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 5.6 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 2 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 8 hours

Total elevation difference: 3239 feet


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 Trails Near Red Hill Trail:
Devils Gulch Trail, Chelan County County , 7 miles away, 2.4 hiking miles, 657 feet elevation difference
High Creek Trail, Kittitas County County , 8 miles away, 1.7 hiking miles, 412 feet elevation difference
Teanaway Wilson Stock Trail, Kittitas County County , 8 miles away,  5.6 hiking miles, 1087 feet elevation difference
Snow Lakes Trail, Chelan County County , 15 miles away, 4.2 hiking miles, 3981 feet elevation difference
Miller Peak Trail, Kittitas County County , 16 miles away,  4 hiking miles, 2765 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Red Hill Trail:
Stump Campground, Chelan County, 1 miles away
Pine Campground, Chelan County, 2 miles away
Tronsen Campground, Chelan County, 3 miles away
Haney Meadow Campground, Kittitas County, 4 miles away
Alphine Campground, Chelan County, 4 miles away
 Whitewater Near Red Hill Trail:
Wenatchee River, Chelan County County , 7 miles away, Class III - 18.6 miles long (Leavenworth to Monitor)
Peshastin Creek, Chelan County County , 8 miles away, Class III-IV - 8.5 miles long (Highway 97 culvert to Wenatchee River)
Ingalls Creek, Chelan County County , 10 miles away, Class IV - 1 miles long (Ingalls Creek Road to Peshastin Creek)
Icicle Creek, Chelan County County , 13 miles away, Class IV+ - 2.2 miles long (Snow Creek trailhead to Leavenworth Hatchery)
Wenatchee River, Chelan County County , 16 miles away, Class V - 7.5 miles long (Tumwater Campground to Leavenworth)
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Adventure Inn, Leavenworth , 13 miles away
Bavarian Ritz Hotel, Leavenworth , 13 miles away
Howard Johnson Express Inn - Leavenworth, Leavenworth , 14 miles away
Quality Inn & Suites, Leavenworth , 14 miles away
Best Western Icicle Inn, Leavenworth , 14 miles away

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