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Backpacker Magazine Pacific Crest Trail: WA Section 9 

STEVENS PASS to KENNEDY RIDGE: This 40.4-mile leg serves up plenty of challenge and isolation: bottomless canyons, long talus slopes, and raging creeks add an extra edge to the overall beauty.


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Author: Backpacker Magazine
Date: 11 Dec 2006 2:06:13 PM
Activity: Hiking
State: Washington (WA)
Distance: 40.42 mi  (Change units)
Survey Elevation: Total Gain: 21524 ft
Total Loss: 20475 ft
Net Change: 1049 ft
Difficulty: 8 / 10
Tags: Hiking, Washington, Pacific Crest Trail, Leavenworth
Rating: Unrated   Rate it


TO TRAILHEAD: From Monroe, WA, follow US 2 E/Stevens Pass Hwy. for roughly 50 mi. to Stevens Pass.  PCT begins road.

Position Format: Datum:
Tracks

WAPCT09

Distance: 27.82 mi Points: 547
Total Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi
Active Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi
WA PCT TRACK 09

WAPCT10

Distance: 12.61 mi Points: 229
Total Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi
Active Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi
WA PCT TRACK 10 (closed trail)

Points of Interest

PCT1614

Location: 47.747700, -121.088097
Head NE from Stevens Pass

PCT1615

Location: 47.774517, -121.109634
Cross creek

PCT1616

Location: 47.779701, -121.113365
Pass nice camp near creek

PCT1617

Location: 47.806599, -121.086365
Go L toward Union Gap @ jct. with Smithbrook Trail

PCT1618

Location: 47.820717, -121.095169
Cross cascading creek

PCT1619

Location: 47.823952, -121.098396
Continue straight or take spur on R to stock camp by Lake Janus

PCT1620

Location: 47.829300, -121.114754
Camp with water

PCT1621

Location: 47.845818, -121.154518
Pass a single campspot on summit of Grizzly Peak; superb hiking and views on this ridge system

PCT1622

Location: 47.878834, -121.158783
Top Lake Trail; stay left

PCT1623

Location: 47.879116, -121.165901
Meadow Creek Trail; stay R at Pear Lake

PCT1624

Location: 47.912617, -121.177765
Creek with nice grassy camp

PCT1625

Location: 47.923599, -121.184998
Stay straight @ jct. with West Cady Ridge Trail

PCT1626

Location: 47.928249, -121.177750
Bear R; Pass Creek Trail enters from the L

PCT1627

Location: 47.932167, -121.173416
Bear L @ jct. with Cady Creek Trail

PCT1628

Location: 47.954601, -121.157616
Cross creek below Skykomish Peak; trail curves to the NE

PCT1629

Location: 47.960682, -121.152618
Cross outlet of Lake Sally Ann

PCT1630

Location: 47.963951, -121.146599
Veer L @ jct.; head NW towards Wards Pass

PCT1631

Location: 47.977249, -121.148720
Bear R where 2 trails enter from the L; continue heading NE

PCT1632

Location: 47.984367, -121.135269
Continue straight @ jct. with Little Wenatchee Trail

PCT1633

Location: 47.988468, -121.124786
Cross creek

PCT1634

Location: 47.997398, -121.121117
Stay straight @ Indian Creek Trail jct. This point marks the start of the official detour as outlined by the forest service in the PCT Data Book. The official PCT is on the L; much of the trail and all of the bridges were destroyed and it is officially "impassable."

PCT1635

Location: 48.014648, -121.128548
Bear L @ jct. with White River Trail; this is the start of the Johnathan Ley alternate

PCT1636

Location: 48.017967, -121.129150
Set up camp @ Reflection Lake

PCT1637

Location: 48.036549, -121.156937
Creek crossing

PCT1638

Location: 48.036499, -121.157867
Stay R @ Y

PCT1639

Location: 48.067532, -121.157387
Creek crossing

PCT1640

Location: 48.072334, -121.153984
Cross creek

PCT1641

Location: 48.073982, -121.155037
Log crossing upstream of trail

PCT1642

Location: 48.075584, -121.155800
PCT @ destroyed bridge

PCT1643

Location: 48.108967, -121.178413
Bear R @ Y

PCT1644

Location: 48.116417, -121.176567
Continue NE toward Kennedy Creek

PCT1645

Location: 48.123817, -121.171585
Cross Kennedy Creek;

PCT1646

Location: 48.122318, -121.177132
Stay straight @ jct on Kennedy Ridge to continue on PCT; to leave PCT, head downhill on Kennedy Ridge to Kennedy Hot Spring, then out along White Chuck River to Owl Creek Campground for road access. <p></p>More PCT: <a href="http://backpacker.trimbleoutdoors.com/ViewTrip.aspx?TripID=29046">Next Section</a> | <a href="http://backpacker.trimbleoutdoors.com/ViewTrip.aspx?TripID=28758">Previous Section</a>

Ridge Views

Location: 47.847401, -121.155457
Views north of Grizzly Peak ©Jack Haskel

Ridge Views

Location: 47.846756, -121.155571
Views north of Grizzly Peak ©Jack Haskel

Ridge Views

Location: 47.848900, -121.154709
Views north of Grizzly Peak ©Jack Haskel

Ridge Views

Location: 47.848148, -121.155136
Views north of Grizzly Peak ©Jack Haskel

Multihued foliage

Location: 47.870586, -121.154823
An explosion of color. ©Jack Haskel

Hills and peaks

Location: 48.050407, -121.165085
©A PCT'ers strides through golden hillsides. ©Jack Haskel

Cloud-covered peak

Location: 48.122253, -121.167686
Hulking Glacier Peak shrouded in mist. ©Jack Haskel

Lakelet

Location: 48.011765, -121.129829
©Jack Haskel

Blazing sky

Location: 48.047016, -121.175255
©Jack Haskel

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