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-Mapped by Alan Bauer, Alan Bauer Photography
Trail Facts
- Distance: 9.7
Waypoints
JCT001
Location: 47.6057815551758, -120.916870117188
Hike S toward Jack Creek; mild climb ahead
JCT002
Location: 47.6037139892578, -120.918769836426
In season, paintbrush, lupines, sedums create a brilliant patchwork of color. Cross Jack Creek on impressive steel bridge
JCT003
Location: 47.602668762207, -120.918151855469
Pass a grassy meadow spotted with lupines; Jack Creek gushes down a little gorge on the R
JCT004
Location: 47.5965232849121, -120.918594360352
Bear L @ 3-way onto Trout Creek Trail (#1555). Ahead, switchbacks zigzag up the side of the ridge
JCT005
Location: 47.5939407348633, -120.917083740234
Take a breather and scan W skyline for partial views of Bootjack Mtn. on Blackjack Ridge. Next, more climbing
JCT006
Location: 47.5920066833496, -120.911331176758
Forest opens for a stretch, allowing views N to Grindstone Mtn.
JCT007
Location: 47.5910224914551, -120.903884887695
Leave the Alpine Lakes Wilderness for next mi., heading S
JCT008
Location: 47.5896034240723, -120.903266906738
Trail traces the edge of clear-cut area. Views up Trout Creek Valley to Cashmere Mtn. (SE) and Icicle Ridge (N)
JCT009
Location: 47.577465057373, -120.903373718262
Re-enter dense forest and wilderness
JCT010
Location: 47.5657806396484, -120.901893615723
Bear R @ Y with trail to Windy Pass; head SW
JCT011
Location: 47.5596199035644, -120.905952453613
Snap photos of Eightmile Mtn. towering above @ 7,996 ft. from Trout Lake’s grassy banks. Backtrack to trailhead