Spider Gap Loop (3 days, 2 nights)

Spider Gap - Buck Creek Pass Loop (3 days, 2 nights)
Trail length 39 miles, Roundtrip (This is a high reward, but long hike)
(WTA has 44 miles which includes road distance between trailheads -- hopefully we can avoid that.)
Elevation Gain: 7200 ft.
The route is a loop.
Starts early Friday – You need a day off work.

Start at the Phelps Creek Trailhead —-> 1511 to Spider Gap, 1256.4 to Lyman Lakes, 1256.2, 1256 Hart and Lyman Lake trail to Cloudy Pass. 1256 to Little Pass to 2000.02 PCNST-Darrington to 789 Buck Creek Pass to 1513 Buck Creek, 1550 Chiwawa River. We may be able to situate cars to reduce the final forest road gap between the trailheads.

https://usfs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=bd6c1ad8feb541e7952fc097273f926f

https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/trip-reports/trip_report.2018-07-08.6314417709

https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/spider-gap-buck-creek-pass-loop

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• What to bring
You must have appropriate overnight cold-weather gear to attend. Microspikes or Crampons, gaiters and poles.
Arrive self-sufficient at P&R.
Have 10 essentials (http://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/ten-essentials.html).
NO cotton clothes.

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