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
www.troop166.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/2013-50-miler.pdf
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
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
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)
Length: 52 miles
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
Length: 48 miles as shown
Resupply at: Tucquala Meadows Trailhead
Highlights: lots of lakes: Joesphine, Trap, Surprise, Glacier, Hyas, Waptus, Copper
Goat Rocks Wilderness
hard
Length: 68.8 mi
Est. Multi-day
Olympic National Park
hard
Length: 50.7 mi
Est. Multi-day
Highlights: Wildlife, waterfalls, mountain, valleys and views
Mount Rainier National Park
hard
Length: 89.5 mi
Est. Multi-day
Length: 50 mi
Resupply possible at:
White River Campground
Box Canyon Wonderland Trail Trailhead
Moulton Falls Park
hard
Length: 68.8 mi
Est. Multi-day
Olympic National Park
hard
Length: 94.0 mi
Est. Multi-day
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
hard
Length: 58.0 mi
Est. Multi-day
Pasayten Wilderness
hard
Length: 50.3 mi
Est. Multi-day
Olympic National Park
hard
Length: 64.7 mi
Est. Multi-day
Olympic National Park
hard
Length: 54.5 mi
Est. Multi-day
Darrington, Washington
hard
Length: 75.8 mi
Est. Multi-day
Olympic National Park
hard
Length: 98.9 mi
Est. Multi-day
Pasayten Wilderness
hard
Length: 51.3 mi
Est. Multi-day
William O. Douglas Wilderness
hard
Length: 51.6 mi
Est. Multi-day
Mount Baker Snoqualmie National Forest
moderate
Length: 66.1 mi
Est. Multi-day
Goat Rocks Wilderness
hard
Length: 60.5 mi
Est. Multi-day
Highlights: The “knife edge,” amazing mountain views
in NE Oregon with summit of Eagle Cap
located near Capital Regional District, British Columbia
Length: 46.8 mi Point to Point
Elevation gain: 5,977 ft