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

   
  Each backpacking and hiking trail in Washington has its own unique beauty. Wilderness hiking trails are great and plentiful in Washington, and one of those is Red Mountain Trail in Kittitas County. Washington is an excellent spot for hikers. Here in Washington hiking never gets boring. Red Mountain Trail is located a quite lengthy tour from Ellensburg, but what a tremendous place for backcountry hiking it is. Being 4 miles long it's an average length trail. Red Mountain Trail is a one trailhead great outdoors hiking trail, so you'll be hiking it in and
    back out. The total elevation difference for Red Mountain Trail is 3,318 feet, and that is higher than average. This hike shouldn't take more than 3.5 hours, but of course some folks walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. Red Mountain Trail is a wet place that gets a great deal
of precipitation; through the month of January you get the most snow around here, and July is the month with the least moisture. High temperatures at Red Mountain Trail through the summer months are in the 60's while night lows are typically in the 40's. The wintertime comes with highs in the 20's while Red Mountain Trail night low temperatures during the wintertime are in the 10's. Hiking here in the Northern Cascade Range is the best way to enjoy these mountaintops. This backpacking and hiking trail is a normal length backpacking and hiking trail with  
an average amount of climbing distance which makes this backcountry hiking trail great for the average backcountry walker looking for an enjoyable adventure. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. This is one of many backcountry hiking trails in the surrounding region. Different parts of Red Mountain Trail are at very different elevations which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the trail. Spending too much time indoors got you down? No problem, Red Mountain Trail in Kittitas County, Washington is just what you need. Even though this is not a very long hiking trail you should still bring some emergency supplies just in case something happens.

Briefly about the general area:
Don't you try to stop me, cause I'm havin' a delightful time here at Red Mountain Trail. And if that's not sufficient there's loads more enjoyable things to do in the Northern Cascade Range. Put some time aside to spend at Salmon la Sac since you're here at Red Mountain Trail, and obviously Cooper River flows through this neighborhood.
There's so much to do here at Red Mountain Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Salmon la Sac Campground is a tremendous place for that, and a delightful place for whitewater paddling is Cooper River. If you came to camp Hour Creek Campground is a brilliant place to do that; Little Salmon la Sac is always fun to check out. Waptus River is a good whitewater spot near Red Mountain Trail, and there's some flowing water close by, Salmon la Sac Creek is a stream you can have a look at while you're here.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 47.4039, Longitude -121.1116
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Total in and out hiking length = 4 miles

Total climbing distance = 1.9 miles

Difficulty : Medium

Casual Hiking Pace: 3.5 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 2.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 3318 feet


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 Trails Near Red Mountain Trail:
Davis Peak Lookout Trail, Kittitas County County , 3 miles away,  7.4 hiking miles, 4439 feet elevation difference
Domerie Peak Trail, Kittitas County County , 4 miles away, 9.2 hiking miles, 2254 feet elevation difference
Kachess Ridge Trail, Kittitas County County , 5 miles away, 13.8 hiking miles, 4071 feet elevation difference
Sasse Mountain Trail, Kittitas County County , 5 miles away, 12 hiking miles, 4012 feet elevation difference
Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail, Kittitas County County , 5 miles away,  10.4 hiking miles, 4410 feet elevation difference
Lake Michael Trail, Kittitas County County , 5 miles away,  20 hiking miles, 2568 feet elevation difference
Escondido Trail, Kittitas County County , 6 miles away,  8 hiking miles, 2634 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Red Mountain Trail:
Salmon la Sac Campground, Kittitas County, 2 miles away
Hour Creek Campground, Kittitas County, 2 miles away
Salmon La Sac - Wenatchee National Forest, Chelan, 2 miles away
Red Mountain Campground, Kittitas County, 2 miles away
Cayuse Campground, Kittitas County, 2 miles away
 Whitewater Near Red Mountain Trail:
Cooper River, Kittitas County County , 1 miles away, Class IV-V - 1.5 miles long (Waterfall to Cle Elum River)
Waptus River, Kittitas County County , 2 miles away, Class II-III+(IV) - 4 miles long (Waptus Lake trail to Salmon La Sac)
Cle Elum River, Kittitas County County , 2 miles away, Class II - 4 miles long (Salmon La Sac Creek to Cle Elum Reservoir)
Cle Elum River, Kittitas County County , 4 miles away, Class IV-V - 8.5 miles long (Scatter Creek to Salmon La Sac Creek)
Box Canyon Creek, Kittitas County County , 9 miles away, Class III-IV+(V) - 2 miles long (to Kachess Reservoir)
 National Parks Near Red Mountain Trail:
Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford - WA , 66 miles away
 Hotels Near Red Mountain Trail:
Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum , 13 miles away
Stewart Lodge, Cle Elum , 15 miles away
Best Western Snowcap Lodge, Cle Elum , 16 miles away
Best Western Icicle Inn, Leavenworth , 33 miles away
Quality Inn & Suites, Leavenworth , 33 miles away
 Lakes Near Red Mountain Trail
Little Joe Lake, Kittitas County , 2 miles away
Salmon La Sac, Kittitas County , 2 miles away

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