Big Tree Loop

Name: Big Tree Loop
Rating: 3.3

Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East

47.8604, -120.9707 Map & Directions

Length: 0.9 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain: 314 feet
Highest Point: 2,429 feet
Calculated Difficulty About Calculated Difficulty: Easy

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The Big Tree Loop Trail — located in the closed Soda Springs Campground — has not had any maintenance for five years or more. Bridges are missing from creeks and devil's club blocks some sections of the trail. Yet the grove of four- foot-wide conifers stands tall, wildflowers bloom brightly in summer, and autumn leaves glow brilliantly in October. Continue reading

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Yet the grove of four- foot-wide conifers stands tall, wildflowers bloom brightly in summer, and autumn leaves glow brilliantly in October.

It is currently an abandoned, partly overgrown trail in a very quiet day-use-only campground. The Forest Service hopes to restore the loop in 2020.

Big Tree Loop

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Co-ordinates: 47.8604, -120.9707 Open in Google Maps

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Getting There

Start from the Soda Springs Campground on the Little Wenatchee Road. Turn north off of Highway 2 at Coles Corner and drive for 10.5 miles. Continue onto the Little Wenatchee River Road for another 7 miles, where you will find the campground and trailhead on your left.

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