Burley Mountain Trail

Total Miles
2.6

Technical Rating

Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Trail Type

Full-Width Road

Accessible By

Trail Overview

This 2.1-mile out-and-back trail is a side trail to the Burley Mountain Road. Though this trail is short the views are amazing. You can see Rainer, Adams, St. Helens, and Hood from atop Burley Mountain. There is an old fire watch tower and a pit toilet. This trail is passable by AWD, and 4WD vehicles.

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Difficulty

This is a single vehicle trail with mud holes and washes less than 12" in depth.

Technical Rating

Status Reports

Nathan W

Nov 29, 2025

2025 Hyundai Tucson XRT

Ran into some people. One person tried to say it was too rough to make it all the way to the look. I was able to make it no issues all the way there. Minor patches of snow.

Santino Morales

Jul 07, 2025

2012 Chevrolet Colorado

Open

Normal

Dusty

Beautiful! Great ride up! No snow or obstruction, smooth and dry all the way up!

Met a group of off-road enthusiasts on Grindr and they said there was a get together for Overlanders and New Bronco owners at the Fire Tower. Excited to meet like minded individuals so I prepared my vehicle with the usual Jeep survival tools that included 3 zip-ties, medium adjustable wrench, small vice grips, the cheapest floor jack from harbor freight and made the trip from Seattle. Hardest part of the trip was asking a lady in a Subaru wagon and asked about road conditions going up to the lookout. Her eyes got huge and said ITS REAL BAD. At that point I took the drive seriously and accidentally set the tire pump into BAR readings so my street sticky 2” stretched tires were at 21lbs and pretty much finished the trail on forged wheel lips. First one here. Hope friends show up soon.