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.
TO TRAILHEAD: From Monroe, WA, follow US 2 E/Stevens Pass Hwy. for roughly 50 mi. to Stevens Pass.PCT begins road.
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WAPCT09
Distance: 27.82 mi
Points: 547
Calories: none
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WA PCT TRACK 09
WAPCT10
Distance: 12.61 mi
Points: 229
Calories: none
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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
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>