Ellensburg, Washington
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Top Hiking Spots in and near Ellensburg
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Ashford, Washington
Upper Palisades Lake
7.05 mi / 1601 ft gainPark at the Sunrise Point parking lot and find the Palisades Trail at the northeast corner of the parking lot. If you bring along a pair of binoculars, you can stop at the first overlook on the left and scan the adjacent mountain slopes for the white dots of mountain goats. Continue down the trai...Read more -
Snoqualmie Pass, Washington
Hike Mount Catherine
5.03 mi / 1300 ft gainStart off on the extremely rough Forest Service 9070 road. Follow this for just over 4 miles until you see a sign for trail #1348 on the right. There is only enough room for a couple cars at the trailhead.You start off climbing right away, covering 800 feet of elevation in the first 0.80 miles of...Read more -
Enumclaw, Washington
Sun Top Peak via Sun Top Sno-Park
11.62 mi / 3028 ft gainFrom Tacoma, Wa. take Hwy 167 to Hwy 410 and follow that until you get to the Chinook Pass Hwy. Then from there follow this road and take the second Service Road on the right and follow this road until it dead ends. The trail starts on NF-7315. You have to walk this road until you reach the first...Read more
