Wash Creek Trail (#606)
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Route map of the Wash Creek Trail as tracked by the Gaia GPS app and depicted a la Google Earth...
Route map of the Wash Creek Trail as tracked by the Gaia GPS app...
Wash Creek/Trace Ridge Trail Junction -- 2,400'
Two-thirds of a mile from the Trace Ridge Trailhead, via the Trace Ridge Trail, is the southern terminus of the Wash Creek Trail. The Trace Ridge makes a hard turn in this shot with Wash Creek departing straight ahead...
Wash Creek/Trace Ridge Trail Junction -- 2,400'
The Wash Creek Trail as it departs from the Trace Ridge Trail...
For its entire 3/4-mile length the Wash Creek Trail follows a flat to slightly descending (S to N) grade...
A sure sign that spring has arrived each year are the snow white blossoms of the dogwood tree...
The route now follows along the bottom of a large clear-cut area which extends all the way up the ridge as far as the Trace Ridge Trailhead...
Through the trees to the east Wash Creek remains hidden, though Forest Road 5000 is clearly visible...
This certainly isn't the most visually stimulating trail...
A long gradual descent through the pines...
Though it can clearly be heard the entire time, the trails namesake remains hidden beneath a thick blanket of rhododendron...
Nearing its north end, the Wash Creek Trail now drops into a thick grove of rhodo...
Slicing through the spring green...
The grade rises slightly the north end of the trail is approached...
Wash Creek Trail @ F.R. 142 -- 2,430'
The Wash Creek Trail as it breaks out onto Forest Road 142, which marks its northern terminus...
Wash Creek Trail @ F.R. 142 -- 2,430'
The northern terminus of the Wash Creek Trail, seen here on the left, along Forest Service Road 142...