Fortune Creek Trail 4W301
Fortune Creek Trail (4W301)
Distance: 6.5 miles
Running Time: Approx 2.0 - 2.5 hours one way
Difficulty: Easy
At almost 7 miles long the Fortune Creek Trail makes for a great day of wheelin'. Although not technically difficult this trail abounds with beautiful scenery. The best spot on the trail is at Gallagher Head Lake. There is a small primitive campground here that would be a great place to stay a night if you are so inclined.
Along the route you will find remnants of a by-gone era, mining machinery lays rusting away in some of the fields and if you keep a watchful eye you might even find a few mine entrances along the way.
This is a great trail and one we will be visiting again real soon. Make sure you have a GPS though as intersecting roads can confuse you along the way. There is one section that is actually a section of logging road that takes you to the next part of the trail. The trail past Gallagher Head Lake deteriorates a bit and crosses over some loose shale fields with drop offs that offer a long ride to the bottom if you should slide off the edge. The trail dead ends overlooking a valley at approximately 6.49 miles from the trail head.
Getting There:
From Roslyn Washington follow hwy 903 north along Cle Elum Lake 15.75 miles to the Cayuse Campground and Salmon La Sac ranger station. The road narrows here and you might think you are in the campground and at a dead end, but keep going and turn right on FS4330, this is a gravel road. Once on FS4330 travel 6.74 miles and turn right onto the Fortune Creek Trail. As of June of 2005 the Trail was wrongly marked at the bottom as Trail 601. Further up the trail signs are correctly marked as 301.
Get directions from your location with Google Maps.
GPS Data File: FortuneCreek.zip (Includes GPS waypoint list, TPO, GPX and map)
Printable Map: Cleelumtrail.pdf
| Cle Elum River. On Cle Elum Valley Road #903, 15 miles north of Cle Elum. Facilities: |  |
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| Red Mountain. On Cle Elum Valley Road #903, 16 miles north of Cle Elum. | |
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| Salmon La Sac At the end of the Cle Elum Valley Road #903, 19 miles north of Cle Elum. | |
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Wish Poosh 10 miles northwest of Cle Elum on Hwy 903 |
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