3.8 hr
Overview
Bird Creek Meadows, the jewel of the Yakama Nation's Tract D (open to the general public in late summer), is a beautiful subalpine area with small flower-packed meadows, numerous glacial streams, splashing waterfalls, and lakes. Much of the lower area on this loop was affected by the 2015 Cougar Creek Fire, and the trails were open only very briefly in 2019 and 2020. One of the challenges has been to rebuild the cattle fence to keep bovines from straying into the protected area. On the plus side, the road to Bird Lake has been greatly improved. Most of the elevation gain of this hike is on the first leg, up to a great viewpoint of Mount Adams over a wide Hellroaring Canyon . You also have the option of doing a shorter 4.7 mile loop (800' elevation gain) that skips Hellroaring Viewpoint .
Trail Stats
10.6 km
431 m
1984 m
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