Goat Wall Trail

The Goat Wall Trail starts from the Basecamp Trail, 0.1 mile southeast from the Fun Rock trailhead (elevation 2,200 feet).  The first 0.4 mile is a 450-foot trail climb — steep in places, starting up rock stairs — through the forest, which provides summer shade. The next 0.6 mile is another 450-foot climb, snaking through rock cliffs and in sparse forest. There are numerous side trails to climbing rocks, so stay on the main trail to reach the signed trail junction in the forest (elevation 3,100 feet, 1 mile from the Basecamp Trail). In spring, this first mile of trail will have a few streams running down the trail.

At this junction, the trail to the left goes up to meet one of the Goat Peak logging roads. The Goat Wall trail continues to the right on a pleasant 1.2-mile forest walk to Sagebrush Flats. In this section, there is a pond (in spring) to go around, three easy creek crossings, another trail junction with a trail going to a logging road and lots of shade. In spring, this can be a very wet hike with standing water and streams running down the trail.

Sagebrush Flats is an open area with lots of sagebrush which provides expansive views of the Methow Valley and the Sawtooth Range. This is a popular rest and turnaround point for hikers. At the flats, one option is to continue on what is now the Spokane Gulch Trail, descending to Mazama and finishing with a 1.6 mile road walk back to the Fun Rock Climbing Area.