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Pomas Creek

Central Cascades > Entiat Mountains/Lake Chelan
48.0244, -120.6518 Map & Directions
Length
5.0 miles, one-way
Elevation Gain
3,100 feet
Highest Point
6,985 feet
Calculated Difficulty About Calculated Difficulty
Hard
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  • Wildflowers/Meadows
  • Ridges/passes
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Rivers

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The Pomas Creek trail is a 5-mile connector trail that can be used to create a 21.5-mile lollipop loop in conjunction with the Entiat River Trail. Continue reading

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Hiking Pomas Creek

The Pomas Creek trail is a 5-mile connector trail that can be used to create a 21.5-mile lollipop loop in conjunction with the Entiat River Trail.
 
To reach the trail and create the lollipop loop, hikers will need to hop on the Entiat River Trail for 8 miles and take a left at the junction with the Ice Lakes Trail. After a brief mile towards Ice Lakes, hikers will take another left at their next junction with Pomas Creek.
 
From here, the trail will head up high into the mountains for 5 miles and traverse south until heading back down into the Larch Lakes basin. The Pomas Creek trail joins up with the Larch Lakes Trail, which heads back east for 2.5 miles to meet up with the Entiat River Trail. From here, hikers will take a right to retrace their steps along the Entiat River and find their way back to the trailhead.
 
The trail has received minimal maintenance since the 2015 Wolverine Fire ripped through the Entiat River Valley, and some sections may require route-finding or bushwhacking.  

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Pomas Creek

Map & Directions

Trailhead
Co-ordinates: 48.0244, -120.6518 Open in Google Maps

Before You Go

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Parking Pass/Entry Fee

Northwest Forest Pass

WTA Pro Tip: Save a copy of our directions before you leave! App-based driving directions aren't always accurate and data connections may be unreliable as you drive to the trailhead.

Getting There

The Entiat River Road (FR 51) is just south of the town of Entiat on SR 2/US-97 N.  The trailhead is a little over 38 miles up the valley a short distance past where the road (FR 5100) turns to gravel at the Cottonwood campground.  There is a vault toilet at the campground junction and at the trailhead.

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Trailhead

Central Cascades > Entiat Mountains/Lake Chelan

Pomas Creek (#1453)

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Entiat Ranger District

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Pomas Creek

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