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Boundary Trail - No. 533 - Methow Valley

This trail is the main east-west trail crossing the Pasayten Wilderness and tying together the other major access trails. The route varies from timbered valleys to long sidehills and high ridge routes. Much of the eastern position of the trail is above timberline.

Trail connections along this trail make many loop trips possible. The Horseshoe Basin, Remmel- Cathedral, and Sheep Mountain areas are all popular with stock users because of the plentiful graze. Graze is limited west of the Bunker Hill area.

Lakeshores are very sensitive areas. Locate your camp well away from them. Stock users should tie up well before reaching a lake and walk the rest of the way. Re-vegetation efforts are under way at Upper Cathedral and Quartz lakes. These sites are posted; please allow them to rest and recover.

Wilderness use restrictions apply.

Northwest Forest Pass required.



 The Basics


Difficulty: Difficult
Length: 73.1 miles
Season: July to September
Map: USGS: Baueman Ridge, Remmel Mtn., Ashnola Mtn., Ashnola Pass, Tatoosh Buttes, Frosty Creek, Castle Peak.; Green Trails: Horseshoe Basin, Billy Goat Mtn., Pasayten Peak, Jack Mtn., Coleman Peak
Managed By: Methow Valley Ranger District North
Okanogan National Forest
24 West Chewuch
Winthrop, WA  98862
Phone: 509-996-4003


 Directions to Trailhead

From Tonasket take Okanogan County Road 9437 (Hwy 7) north about 5.5 miles to County Road 9425. Turn east on County Road 9425 and travel about 12 miles to Loomis. From Loomis continue on County Road 9425 for about 2 miles to County Road 4066. Turn east County Road 4066, which becomes Forest Service Road 39 (Toats Coulee Road). Travel 14 miles and turn right on FS Road 500 (Irongate Road), following it 5.2 miles to the trailhead.






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