Trip
Day Hike - Kelly Butte
**Trip initially open to Lookouts and High Places Day Hiking Series students. Trip will open for registration to all Mountaineers 7 to 10 days prior to the hike date.**
Contacts
Eugene Keltgen
Primary Leader
- Sun, Aug 3, 2025
- Tacoma Hiking & Backpacking Committee
- Day Hiking
- Adults
- Easy/Moderate
- Moderate
- Mileage: 4.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 1,000 ft
- High Point Elevation: 5,409 ft
- Pace: 1.8 - 2.0 mph
- FULL, 1 on waitlist (6 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
- Fri, Aug 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
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Kelly Butte is a lookout site on a summit with local prominence in the Green River watershed. An easy, four mile day hike with 1,000 feet of elevation gain in the summer.
Hike in berry country through open forest past interesting rock formations to a rebuilt fire lookout.
Experience panoramic views from an unusual perspective, including a great view of Mount Rainier.
Leader will share meeting time and place around a week before the outing.
Kelly Butte is approached from Forest Road 7030 in the Greenwater River area of SR 410.
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