Distance: 3 miles roundtrip
Elevation Gain: 1400 ft
Access: Sleeping Beauty Trailhead via Forest Road 88, Forest Road 8810, Forest Road 8810-040
Passes: No pass required
Rating: Moderate, elevation gain most challenging
Use: Hikers only
Agency: Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Mount Adams Ranger District
http://www.fs.usda.gov/giffordpinchot
Trail Description: This trail has amazing views of Mount Adams, with views of Mount St. Helens, Mount Hood and Mount Rainier. The trail starts in a "middle-aged" second growth forest, with vanilla leaf and small shrubs growing in the understory. The trail is well developed with nice views through the forest, but is a steep grade all the way to the top. At the top, the trail emerges out of the forest and zigzags the bare rock to an old fire lookout. Mount Adams towers over the surrounding landscape. Sleeping Beauty trail offers one of the best views of Mount Adams without actually climbing the mountain, and provides a hike in relative solitude.
Directions: From the Columbia Gorge, take SR 141 to Trout Lake, WA. Stop off at the Mount Adams Ranger Station in Trout Lake for trail conditions. Continue past the ranger station about 3/4 mile, and turn right onto Forest Road 88. Continue on FR 88 until you see the sign for the "Sleeping Beauty Trailhead" and turn right onto Forest Road 8810. Continue on this road for about 20 minutes, and look for the "Sleeping Beauty Trail" sign. It is a brown sign in the forest and is hard to spot. Turn right onto Forest Road 8810-040. My recommendation, after 15 minutes, slow at any right turn and look for a brown road sign with a road number. Look for the "040" road. The trailhead is just up the road on the left hand side. Note: the 8810 and 8810-040 roads are gravel and rough in spots.
Mount Adams from Sleeping Beauty Peak
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