East Bank Ross Lake Trail

National Park Service reports Nightmare bridge is not usable. Be prepared to ford river.

Difficulty	Distance	Steps	Elevation Gain
Easy	0.5 to 62 Miles Round-trip		1,500

Steps are estimated from the hike distance and a difficulty-based stride length.

Formula: distance in miles × 5,280 feet ÷ stride length

Stride length is adjusted because tougher trails usually shorten each step:

The result is rounded to the nearest whole step and shown as an estimate.

Trail east (Canyon Creek) or west (Ross Lake)

SR 20 typically closes about mid-November and reopens in mid-April.

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Unknown
4.5 Miles One-way

Unknown
3.6 Miles One-way

Accessible
0.3 Miles Loop

Unknown
1.7 Miles One-way

Unknown
1.1 Miles One-way

Unknown
23.6 Miles One-way

Unknown
0.7 Miles One-way

Easy
1.5 Miles Round-trip

Unknown
0.9 Miles Round-trip

More Difficult
9.7 Miles One-way

Easy
1.6 to 46 Miles Round-trip

Strenuous
10.0 Miles Round-trip

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