Trail Overview

This trail is hardly a trail but more of some backwoods exploring through an old logging and quarry site. The best part of this loop is the campsite; it is well worth the short trek. Due note the trail is a skinny one-lane road up, so say goodbye to that scratch-less paint job you are rocking, and hello to some pinstriping. There are a few campsites along this trail along with one large one that can easily fit 5+ vehicles with a spectacular view. If you follow this trail to the end, you will find a very nice and flat secluded campsite with an excellent view into Seattle on a clear day. There are no obstacles on this trail, however, the last swirl does have a shortcut straight to the campsite that is a fun little hill to climb. Please leave this spot better than you found it!

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Difficulty

This trail is more of a road, as you are going between gravel and dirt the entire drive. There are a few bumps here and there, but nothing the family station wagon can't handle. At the end, there is a fun little hill to climb but there is an obvious bypass you can take.

Technical Rating

Bryan Boeldt

May 24, 2026

Open

Wife wanted to scope out campground before committing. Quick day trip, no overnight. Partial gravel road before elevation change, then pavement most of the way before the final dirt road that narrows to viewpoint. Once the road narrows there’s almost no turn outs for U-Turns so you need to commit until the end. Went all the way to the top with zero issues, even in full-size. Yes, it got plenty of pin stripes, but can’t complain. Didn’t stop at the larger campground (Mountain View) and decided to go to the top for the smaller campground with the view of Seattle. Beautiful day, just dusty.

Chelle

May 12, 2026

Open

Easy drive, good views and expect some awesome pinstripping on your vehicle. One lane road with some turn outs. Epic views.

Garrett Banks

May 04, 2026

Open

Pretty easy trail getting tough near the end for a nice campsite near the top, decent pin striping.

rocky leal

Apr 05, 2026

Open

Easy trail gets a little narrow at the top minor pin striping nice views.

Casey

Mar 28, 2026

Open

Drove to the top, no problems. Most of the way is flat gravel and paved. The last bit is the harder part. Quite narrow for my van. Good view at the top.

Nickolas Wedemeier

Dec 14, 2025

Open

Chris & Jessy Munch

May 18, 2025

Open

Gravel forest service road then turns into a skinnier paved road and the last 2 miles is gravel and skinny. Expect pin stripes, especially in a full size vehicle but wasn’t important to us but did see that from a previous review so nice to know. We passed 4 vehicles in total the whole time and luckily there are turn outs when the road narrows. It was foggy so not sure if a view but saw one van camped along the way and you could definitely camp one at the end of this too.

Noah Brown

May 05, 2025

Open

Austin Ferens

Feb 23, 2025

Open

It was really fun actually my first time offroading and super easy for first time would recommend to beginner not necessarily more advanced drivers though

Noah Brown

Nov 28, 2024

Open

Very Easy, My 2WD F150 had no problems. Pretty rocky and rough though. The top has a sweet camp site, and an equally as sweet view if seattle.

Ryan Douthit

Jul 24, 2024

Open

Tight track through tree branches. Prepare for some scraping.

T T

Jul 20, 2024

Open

Ryan Clárk

May 01, 2024

Open

Rain Y

Apr 26, 2024

Open

No snow. Asphalt at the beginning, then a mixture of dirt and gravel. Someone went through and cleared some downed trees (Thank you). We went up in a full sized truck and got some pin striping. Cloudy when we went so no views.

Cole Garthwaite

Mar 16, 2024

Open

Made it 0.8 miles from camping lookout. Turned around due to 8+ inches of snow on trail at this point, didn't try chaining up, probably could have made it then. 98 outback with 27" yokohama geolander at's. This snow is from late February/early March dump. Temps and freezing level rising rapidly, trail will melt within one month.