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50+ Mile Backpack
Backpacking - 50 Milers
Enchantment Valley Olympic National Park via Duckabush and Dosewallips trails (split parties)
2 Team 50-miler trip is possible:
Patrol 1 starts at: 47.68509, -123.03987
Patrol 2 starts at: 47.73901, -123.07322
Teams exchange keys and information in middle of trip
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North Cascades "Triple by Pass"
Length: 50 miles?
42 miles from Easy Pass Parking to Cascade Pass Parking
50 if you add summit to Sahale Mountain and trip up Sahale Basin
Elevation: 13,000
Highlights:
Easy Pass 48.57210992248971, -120.84415534927575
Park Creek Pass 48.498261559828215, -120.96252663338484
Cascade Pass 48.46794147751338, -121.0594519958494
Horseshoe Basin 48.48576650588355, -121.02162986039907
Sahale Arm 48.479390791340705, -121.05432232696124
Location: North Cascades, 21 miles past Ross Lake on Hwy 20
Mentioned in Shane Watts Backpacking talk at PTC
Copper Ridge Loop (extended)
Length: 55 miles
Elevation: 10,000
Highlights:
Whatcom Pass 48.87539655056132, -121.36439500136922
Hennegan Pass 48.88355612616535, -121.5332313980022
big views
Location: North Cascades
Mentioned in Shane Watts Backpacking talk at PTC
alltrails.com 21 mi out back trail can be extended as far as Ross Lake dam (52 miles)
Mount Baker Highway to Ross Lake
Length: 50 miles
Spider Gap Loop
Glacier Peak Wilderness
Length: 54 miles
Elevation: 14,300
Highlights: Spider Meadows, Spider Gap, alpine lakes, big views
Location: Central Cascades
Mentioned in Shane Watts Backpacking talk at PTC
alltrails.com 43 mile loop
Extend trip to Miners Ridge Fire Lookout Tower for more mileage
Day 1: Phelps Creek Trailhead to Spider Meadows
Day 2: Spider Meadows to Lower Lyman Lake
Day 3: Lower Lyman to Image Lake
Day 4: Image Lake to Miner's Ridge Lookout
Day 5: Image Lake to Sheep Camp
Day 6: Sheep Camp to Buck Creek Camp
Day 7: Buck Creek Camp to Phelps Creek Trailhead (long but downhil)
Jackita Ridge-Devil's Dome-Ross Lake Loop Plus
Length: 52 miles
Ross Lake with Ferry
Length: 52 miles minus ferry ride
Ross Lake East Bank to Lightning Creek
Water Taxi across the lake to Little Beaver
Little Beaver to Big Beaver
Big Beaver to Ross Dam
Ross Dam to 20
Stevens Pass to Salmon la Sac
Length: 48 miles as shown
Resupply at: Tucquala Meadows Trailhead
Highlights: lots of lakes: Joesphine, Trap, Surprise, Glacier, Hyas, Waptus, Copper
Old Snowy, Chimney Rock, Goat Ridge and Nannie Peak Loop
Goat Rocks Wilderness
hard
Length: 68.8 mi
Est. Multi-day
Enchanted Valley LaCrosse Basin O'Neill Pass Loop
Olympic National Park
hard
Length: 50.7 mi
Est. Multi-day
Highlights: Wildlife, waterfalls, mountain, valleys and views
Wonderland Trail Loop
Mount Rainier National Park
hard
Length: 89.5 mi
Est. Multi-day
Mowich Lake to Paradise
Length: 50 mi
Resupply possible at:
White River Campground
Box Canyon Wonderland Trail Trailhead
Chinook Trail: Section One
Moulton Falls Park
hard
Length: 68.8 mi
Est. Multi-day
Olympic National Park Traverse: Hoh to Quinault
Olympic National Park
hard
Length: 94.0 mi
Est. Multi-day
Rainy Pass Trailhead to Canyon Creek Trailhead
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
hard
Length: 58.0 mi
Est. Multi-day
Cathedral Slam
Pasayten Wilderness
hard
Length: 50.3 mi
Est. Multi-day
Hoh River Trail, Blue Glacier, and Seven Lakes Basin
Olympic National Park
hard
Length: 64.7 mi
Est. Multi-day
Skyline Ridge Trail
Olympic National Park
hard
Length: 54.5 mi
Est. Multi-day
Round Lake to Lake Chelan
Darrington, Washington
hard
Length: 75.8 mi
Est. Multi-day
Olympic Traverse: North Fork to Hoh
Olympic National Park
hard
Length: 98.9 mi
Est. Multi-day
Larch Pass Hidden Lakes Loop
Pasayten Wilderness
hard
Length: 51.3 mi
Est. Multi-day
American Ridge Trail
William O. Douglas Wilderness
hard
Length: 51.6 mi
Est. Multi-day
Leech Lake to Tacoma Pass
Mount Baker Snoqualmie National Forest
moderate
Length: 66.1 mi
Est. Multi-day
Nannie Peak, Old Snowy, Chimney Rock, Packwood Lake and Hawkeye Point via PCT
Goat Rocks Wilderness
hard
Length: 60.5 mi
Est. Multi-day
Highlights: The “knife edge,” amazing mountain views
Other
Eagle Cap Wilderness
in NE Oregon with summit of Eagle Cap
West Coast Trail (South to North)
located near Capital Regional District, British Columbia
Length: 46.8 mi Point to Point
Elevation gain: 5,977 ft