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| | There are numerous trails in Washington, and each one is well worth a trek. Backcountry hiking here in Washington is a must. Great trails in Washington are in abundance; Windy Trail in Okanogan County is one of them. Backcountry hiking in Washington is the great thing to do. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. Time to get out, and breathe some fresh air, and Windy Trail in Okanogan County, Washington is just the place. Windy Trail is 18.4 miles long; it's a long great outdoors hiking trail. This is a long backcountry |
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hiking trail, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. Some parts of Windy Trail are much higher up than other parts of the great outdoors hiking trail, so keep in mind that you may need to dress differently at different elevations. Windy Trail is a very long hiking trail
| | having an average number of uphill miles which makes this a very tough great outdoors trail for advanced walkers looking for a perfect challenge. Windy Trail has two trailheads, so if you can get a ride from someone, you can walk it just one way. This backcountry hiking trail sometimes gets very dry, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. The total elevation difference for this trail is 2,851 feet which is higher than average. Backcountry hiking here in the Northern Cascade Range is the | |
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best way to enjoy these peaks. Windy Trail is pretty dry regularly; December is the wettest month with most snow while July is the month with the least amount of precipitation. Of course, this is an overnight hike, 3 days normally, so it's a fine thing if your backpack is big enough
to do the job. Windy Trail is in a rather isolated region, and it sure is a a perfect backpacking and hiking trail. Summertime highs at Windy Trail generally tend to be in the 80's with nighttime lows in the 40's. During the winter highs are in the 20's, and nighttime lows in the
10's for Windy Trail. This is just one of a large number of great outdoors trails in this area.
Briefly about the general area:
There's so much to do here at Windy Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Long Swamp Campground is a good place for that; Horsehoe
Basin is a great site to stretch your legs a bit. You just can't picture the amount of outdoors cool stuff the area in the vicinity of Windy Trail has to offer. There are some fine whitewater spots on Chewuch River, and a pleasant trip to Pick Pocket is a perfect way to spend an
afternoon.
Windy Trail is tremendous enough to spend more than a day at, Iron Gate Campground is a tremendous local campground, and Horseshoe Pass is also a pleasant site to explore. So much entertaining stuff to do in the Northern Cascade Range, not sufficient time. Wildhorse
Creek is a delightful stream that is worth stopping at, and there's whitewater on Chewuch River for all you adrenaline kick people.
This site, the Northern Cascade Range, has so much outdoors entertaining things. Don't forget to take a perfect little tour to Sunny Creek, and a short trip to Chewack Falls is always worthwhile.
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Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 48.8549, Longitude -119.9442
- - Directions and Road Map
Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 48.9351, Longitude -120.0006
- - Directions and Road Map
Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 9.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 5.5 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
9 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
5 hours
Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 9.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.9 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
7.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
4 hours
| | Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 18.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 8.4 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
3 days
Fast Hiking Pace:
2 days
Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 18.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 8.4 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
3 days
Fast Hiking Pace:
2 days
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Total elevation difference: 2851 feet
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Current weather conditions at Windy Trail, Northern Cascade Range, Okanogan County, Washington
Local climate location: WINTHROP 29 miles away
        
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| These outdoors activities are available near Windy Trail. |
| | Trails Near Windy Trail:
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Clutch Trail, Okanogan County
County
, 2 miles away, 8 hiking miles, 2056 feet elevation difference |
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Long Draw Trail, Okanogan County
County
, 4 miles away, 17.2 hiking miles, 1247 feet elevation difference |
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Thirtymile Trail, Okanogan County
County
, 4 miles away, 5.8 hiking miles, 1430 feet elevation difference |
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Deer Park Trail, Okanogan County
County
, 5 miles away, 5.2 hiking miles, 605 feet elevation difference |
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Albert Camp Trail, Okanogan County
County
, 6 miles away, 15.2 hiking miles, 3696 feet elevation difference |
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North Fork Toats Creek Trail, Okanogan County
County
, 7 miles away, 5.4 hiking miles, 1728 feet elevation difference |
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Smarty Creek Trail, Okanogan County
County
, 7 miles away, 10.6 hiking miles, 1684 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near Windy Trail:
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Chewuch River, Okanogan County
County
, 12 miles away, Class IV-V - 5 miles long (Andrews Camp to Camp Four) |
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Chewuch River, Okanogan County
County
, 17 miles away, Class III - 13 miles long (Camp Four to Five Mile Bridge) |
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Chewuch River, Okanogan County
County
, 23 miles away, Class II+(IV) - 8 miles long (Five Mile Bridge to Winthrop) |
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Twisp River, Okanogan County
County
, 31 miles away, Class III - 10 miles long (Buttermilk Creek to town of Twisp) |
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Methow River, Okanogan County
County
, 33 miles away, Class II(III) - 54 miles long (River Bend Campground to Carlton) |
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| | Hotels Near Windy Trail:
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Americas Best Value Inn-Winthrop, Winthrop
, 24 miles away |
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Sun Mountain Lodge, Winthrop
, 28 miles away |
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Rodeway Inn & Suites, Omak
, 37 miles away |
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Best Western Peppertree Inn at Omak, Omak
, 38 miles away |
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Best Western Lakeside Lodge & Suites, Chelan
, 49 miles away |
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