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Enjoy nice views from above of Coldwater Lake and the expanse of the Mount St. Helens eruption zone.


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Map Key

3.5

Miles

5.7

KM

Point to Point

3,936' 1,200 m

High

2,563' 781 m

Low

1,406' 429 m

Up

155' 47 m

Down

8%

Avg Grade (5°)

32%

Max Grade (18°)

Dogs Leashed

Features Lake · Views

Family Friendly Relatively easy grade. Abandoned logging equipment, although unnatural, is unique vs. most trails.

Description

Great trail with good views of Coldwater Lake and Mt. St. Helens. You start in a meadow, and about 0.1 miles in enter an alder forest for half a mile. After the alders, there's a long ridge run with full sun, no shade. At about 1.5 miles in, you'll encounter logging equipment from when the blast hit, including a yarder (to pull trees around) and a bulldozer. The trail dips down a little after about 2.7 miles and takes a wide curve to the junction.

Trail is in good condition, hard-packed dirt. No switchbacks, little exposure, no banking on turns.

Contacts

Shared By:

Belinda Hovde-Klingman with improvements by Owen Snoey

Trail Ratings

  4.3 from 6 votes

#8381

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  4.3 from 6 votes
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Trail Rankings

#363

in Washington

#8,381

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