Trip
Backpack - Tubal Cain Mine, Buckhorn Lake & Marmot Pass
This is an overnight weekend trip. Enjoy the gorgeous vistas along the Tubal Cain trail. Fill up with water at Copper Creek near abandon mining camps and continue up to Buckhorn Pass to set up camp. Hike along the ridge with day packs and reach the summit of Buckhorn Peak. The trip is rated as strenuous difficulty, with 11 miles as the longest single-day and 18.2 miles round trip. Total elevation gain is 4,360 ft and highest elevation attained is 6,860 ft. While open to all Mountaineers, this trip is designed to offer Backpacking Building Blocks (B3) students extra coaching and skills/gear practice.
Contacts
- Sat, Jun 30, 2018 — Sun, Jul 1, 2018
- Foothills Hiking Committee
- Backpacking
- Adults
- Strenuous
- Challenging
- Mileage: 19.6 mi
- Elevation Gain: 4,360 ft
- High Point Elevation: 6,860 ft
- Pace: 1.0-2.0 mph
- FULL, 2 on waitlist (10 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Tubal Cain Trailhead @ 9:00 am. No special parking pass required.
Leader Permission Required
Due to the distance and gain, leader permission is required. You will need to demonstrate that you have successfully done recent hikes or backpacking trips of similar difficulty to ensure your success on this route.
Trip Plan
Day 1
We'll gather at the trailhead at 9:00 am on Saturday. It's about a 4 hour drive from Seattle, so carpools will need to leave around 5 am. Pack the night before!
We'll hike at a comfortable pace for about 3.5 miles where we'll reach Copper Creek. Here it is imperative that you fill up with enough water for the rest of the day as there are no places to refill water past here. We'll continue another 4 miles until we reach Buckhorn Pass. Here we will stop and set up camp.
(Optional) Day 1 or 2
If the group is up for it, we'll put on our day-packs and hike along the ridge and up to the the summit of Buckhorn Peak. We'll decide as a group whether this is a Saturday afternoon or Sunday morning thing.
Day 2
Breakfast, pack up camp and return to the trailhead.
Tubal Cain Mine, Buckhorn Lake & Marmot Pass
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Required Equipment
The Ten Essentials plus overnight gear which may include:
- Tent with footprint/ground tarp
- Stove and fuel
- Sleeping bag
- Sleeping pad
- Water filter
- Bear canister or extra stuff sack and cord designated for hanging food
- Cooking pot/pan with plate and utensils
- Toilet paper and shovel or blue bag to deal with waste