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| | Washington has plenty of great great outdoors trails; one of those is Sun Top Trail in Pierce County. We all need to get out in the great outdoors once in a while, and Sun Top Trail in Pierce County, Washington is a really delightful place to spend some time. No chance of getting bored in Washington if you like the outdoors. Going for a backcountry hike here in Washington is so much fun. Sun Top Trail is a rather wet site generally with a good deal of rainfall; through November this neighborhood sees the most rain, and the driest of the months is July. |
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Sun Top Trail is quite long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. The total elevation difference for this trail is 3,225 feet, and that is higher than average. Sun Top Trail is a very long great outdoors hiking trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes
| | this wilderness hiking trail good for hard core backpackers looking for adventure. Sun Top Trail is in a relatively uninhabited vicinity, and trekking along this hiking and backpacking trail is very cool. This backpacking and hiking trail goes through some very different elevations which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the backpacking and hiking trail. Sun Top Trail is 14 miles long; it's considered a longer backcountry walk. There are two trailheads to chose from, one in each end, so backcountry backpacking | |
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it one way is an option if you can arrange for a ride back. Every Washington great outdoors trail is different from the others. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. This backcountry trek should take you about 2 days, so better have big backpack
to fit all the stuff you need. This is one of many wilderness hiking trails in the surrounding area. The warmest time of the year brings highs in the 70's to Sun Top Trail; the nighttime is fairly colder of course, generally in the 50's. The winter comes with highs in the 40's
while the cold winter nights at Sun Top Trail are in the 30's. The great outdoors hiking trails of the Northern Cascade Range are a great way to explore these hills.
Briefly about the general area:
So many fun things in the Northern Cascade Range, just mind-boggling.
A visit to nearby Scarface is very relaxing, and Sun Top Trail is good enough to spend more than a day at, The Dalles Campground is a good local campground. This place, Sun Top Trail, it definitely has so much outdoors entertaining stuff. Bear Park is a wonderful place to check
out, and you can run the rapids of White River.
This river is so great. And that's not everything you can do here in the Northern Cascade Range. White River Park is a glorious location; Silver Springs is a glorious local attraction. Doe Creek is in the vicinity of Sun Top Trail
and is always a diversion to go to; a fine site for whitewater paddling is Greenwater River.
This river has it all. There's some flowing water close by, Buck Creek is a stream you can stop by while here, and White River Ranger District is a forest that you can go to. Haller Pass is a great site to spend some time at, and if you came to camp Dry Creek Campground is a good site to do that.
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Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 47.0087, Longitude -121.5322
- - Directions and Road Map
Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 47.0361, Longitude -121.5963
- - Directions and Road Map
Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 7 miles
Total climbing distance = 4.4 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
7 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
4 hours
Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 7 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.7 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
5.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
3 hours
| | Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 14 miles
Total climbing distance = 6.1 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
2 days
Fast Hiking Pace:
8 hours
Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 14 miles
Total climbing distance = 6.1 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
2 days
Fast Hiking Pace:
8 hours
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Total elevation difference: 3225 feet
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Outdoors Recreation Near Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington, the metro area neareast to Sun Top Trail. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more.
More Hotels and Campgrounds Near Sun Top Trail, Northern Cascade Range, Pierce County, Washington
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| These outdoors activities are available near Sun Top Trail. |
| | Trails Near Sun Top Trail:
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Twentyeight Mile Creek Trail, Pierce County
County
, 4 miles away, 9.3 hiking miles, 3558 feet elevation difference |
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Dalles Ridge Trail, Pierce County
County
, 5 miles away, 4.8 hiking miles, 558 feet elevation difference |
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Lost Lake Trail, Pierce County
County
, 6 miles away, 12 hiking miles, 2942 feet elevation difference |
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Castle Mountain Trail, Pierce County
County
, 7 miles away, 3 hiking miles, 591 feet elevation difference |
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Divide Trail, King County
County
, 7 miles away, 9.7 hiking miles, 3406 feet elevation difference |
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Rock Creek Trail, King County
County
, 8 miles away, 4.4 hiking miles, 2923 feet elevation difference |
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Lester Trail, King County
County
, 8 miles away, 6.6 hiking miles, 3791 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near Sun Top Trail:
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White River, Pierce County
County
, 2 miles away, Class III - 10 miles long (Silver Springs Campground to West Fork White) |
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Greenwater River, Pierce/King County
County
, 6 miles away, Class II(IV) - 7.2 miles long (FR 7030 Bridge to Highway 410) |
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Chinook Creek, Pierce County
County
, 10 miles away, Class IV-V - 5 miles long (Deer Creek to Cedar Flats) |
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White River, Pierce County
County
, 11 miles away, Class III - 13.5 miles long (West Fork to Bridge Camp) |
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Ohanepecosh River, Lewis County
County
, 15 miles away, Class V - 4.7 miles long (Ohanepecosh Campground to La Wis Wis Campground) |
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| | Hotels Near Sun Top Trail:
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Crystal Mountain Hotels, Enumclaw
, 7 miles away |
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Mt View Lodge, Packwood
, 20 miles away |
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Cowlitz River Lodge, Packwood
, 20 miles away |
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Inn of Packwood, Packwood
, 21 miles away |
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Hotel Packwood, Packwood
, 21 miles away |
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32 miles away
