Washington hiking trails - Round The Mountain Trail, Northern Cascade Range, Skamania County

   
  Each one of the many hiking and backpacking trails of Washington is beautiful in its own way. Finally, hiking time is here again, and Round The Mountain Trail in Skamania County, Washington is a really pleasant place to spend some time. Washington has lots of outdoors pursuits. Round The Mountain Trail is a backcountry hiking trail pretty far from Hood River, but it is a wonderful backcountry hiking trail. For the period of the summertime months at Round The Mountain Trail highs are usually in the 70's while overnight lows are commonly in the 50's. For
    the duration of the winter highs are commonly in the 40's with winter lows in the 20's overnight here at Round The Mountain Trail. Washington has plenty of brilliant hiking and backpacking trails; among these are Round The Mountain Trail in Skamania County. This wilderness hiking
trail is a wilderness hiking trail of great length having an average number of uphill miles which makes this a very tough backpacking trail for advanced backcountry trekkers looking for a brilliant challenge. There are so many backpacking trails in this neighborhood. The wilderness hiking trails of the Northern Cascade Range are the best way to enjoy these hills. This backcountry trek should take you about 2.5 days, so it's a wonderful thing if your backpack is big enough to do the job. There's not much difference in elevation along the backpacking trail,  
so you won’t have to worry about different climate zones along your trek. Backpacking in Washington never gets boring. Round The Mountain Trail has a total elevation difference of 977 feet which is a lower than average number. All the water falling down from the sky makes Round The Mountain Trail a wet spot; most of the rain falls through December, and the driest month is July. Round The Mountain Trail is quite long, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. There is only one trailhead, so in and out is the way to walk it normally. Round The Mountain Trail is 15.4 miles long; it's considered a longer trek. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go.

Briefly about the general area:
If you're here, you might as well have a look at Green Canyon, and why not go to close by Crofton Creek while you're here at Round The Mountain Trail. If only every site had this much outdoors entertaining things, what a great world it would be. Don't forget to take a splendid little spree to Shorthorn Creek; Madcat Meadow is a great place.
A tremendous spot to camp here at Round The Mountain Trail is Cold Springs Campground, and Cold Springs is a tremendous local attraction. A brilliant place for whitewater paddling close to Round The Mountain Trail is White Salmon River, and Crooked Creek Falls is a charming spot to stop by while you're at Round The Mountain Trail. Be careful coming to the Northern Cascade Range, you might not ever wanna return home again. Trout Lake Creek is a fine whitewater spot near Round The Mountain Trail.
Yeah, come up here to the Northern Cascade Range for a perfect time. Why not camp at Morrison Creek Campground if you're here at Round The Mountain Trail, and spots like Bird Creek Meadows are nice to go to.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 46.1403, Longitude -121.4384
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Total in and out hiking length = 15.4 miles

Total climbing distance = 7.2 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 2.5 days

Fast Hiking Pace: 1.5 days

Total elevation difference: 977 feet


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 Trails Near Round The Mountain Trail:
Highline Trail, Yakima County County , 4 miles away,  14 hiking miles, 2264 feet elevation difference
Divide Camp Trail, Skamania County County , 7 miles away,  5.2 hiking miles, 1465 feet elevation difference
Table Mountain Trail, Skamania County County , 13 miles away, 5.3 hiking miles, 2007 feet elevation difference
Little White Salmon Trail, Klickitat County County , 14 miles away, 0.9 hiking miles, 1325 feet elevation difference
Little Baldy Trail, Skamania County County , 15 miles away, 3.5 hiking miles, 1003 feet elevation difference
Oklahoma Trail, Skamania County County , 15 miles away, 2.4 hiking miles, 935 feet elevation difference
Lusk Creek Trail, Skamania County County , 16 miles away, 1.3 hiking miles, 780 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Round The Mountain Trail:
Cold Springs Campground, Yakima County, 1 miles away
Morrison Creek Campground, Yakima County, 2 miles away
Killen Creek Campground, Skamania County, 8 miles away
Spring Creek Campground, Skamania County, 8 miles away
Elk Meadows RV Park, Trout Lake, 9 miles away
 Whitewater Near Round The Mountain Trail:
White Salmon River, Skamania County County , 7 miles away, Class III-IV(V) - 8.4 miles long (Cascade Creek to Trout Lake)
Trout Lake Creek, Skamania/Klickitat County County , 8 miles away, Class II-IV - 2.8 miles long (Trout Lake to White Salmon River)
White Salmon River, Klickitat County County , 11 miles away, Class IV-V - 5.1 miles long (Warner Road Bridge to Green Truss Bridge)
White Salmon River, Klickitat County County , 13 miles away, Class V - 4.9 miles long (Green Truss Bridge to BZ Corners)
Cispus River, Lewis County County , 14 miles away, Class V - 4 miles long (Goat Creek to FR 2160)
 National Parks Near Round The Mountain Trail:
Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford - WA , 44 miles away
 Hotels Near Round The Mountain Trail:
Best Western Hood River Inn, Hood River , 21 miles away
Comfort Suites Hood River, Hood River , 22 miles away
Cousins Country Inn, The Dalles , 33 miles away
Super 8 Motel - The Dalles OR, The Dalles , 34 miles away
Rodeway Inn Stevenson, Stevenson , 35 miles away

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