Cle Elum Valley Road

Total Miles
12.2

Technical Rating

3

Easy

Best Time

Summer, Fall

Trail Type

Full-Width Road

Accessible By

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Cle Elum Valley Road
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Trail Overview

Wide, graded, and well-maintained gravel road accessing the Cle Elum Valley and its numerous alpine lakes and trailheads North of Cle Elum Lake. Watch your speed as there are many blind corners and a good deal of wildlife in the area. This road crosses private property ( a small collection of mountain cabins) at one point. There are numerous points where spring runoff crosses the road deep enough to prevent passenger cars from proceeding.

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Cle Elum Valley Road
Cle Elum Valley Road

Difficulty

This road is a 1 in mid summer and fall, but a 3 when there is fast moving water at the water crossings.

Technical Rating

3

Status Reports

Jackie Mcbride
May 10, 2024
4x4
Obstructed
Deep Snow
Most clear up to 3200 feet. Then started hitting patches of snow that had been driven through. Started getting thicker and less dry patches between. Turned around about 2 miles before scatter creek on the bike. Otherwise beautiful ride right now. The road was mostly empty, only ran into 2 other vehicles.
Shane @firstdueoverland
Apr 28, 2024
2021 Toyota 4Runner
Obstructed
Deep Snow
Trail is clear up til around 3,000 feet where you’ll encounter patches of the “Cascade concrete” snow, by 3,200 feet the trail in impassable.
Matt Engel
Nov 11, 2023
2023 Toyota 4Runner
Open
Muddy/Wet
Snow/Ice
Ryan Galleher
Oct 22, 2023
4x4
Open
Washboard

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