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Milk Creek
(Trail #790)
HIKING BACKPACKNG / HORSEBACK
Distance: 15 miles round trip Hiking
Time: 2 days High Point- 3900 feet
Elevation Gain: 2200 feet
Maps: USGS Lime Mountain
Greentrails - Glacier Peak #112
The trail starts following the Suiattle
River Trail and then cuts right at I mile and crosses the Suiattle
river entering old growth timber and climbing gradually up the Milk
Creek Valley. The route winds through dark rain forest and crosses
numerous streams. At 3 miles a campsite is found. The trail follows
a gentle slope, then begins to climb across steep timbered hillside,
going in and out of gullies, ending at the junction with the Pacific
Crest Trail #2000.
Directions: From Darrington, drive
north 7 miles to the Suiattle River Road #26. Follow this road for
23 miles to the road end at Sulphur Creek Campground.
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