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Quartz Ridge-Summit Prairie

Quartz Ridge-Summit Prairie

South Cascades > Dark Divide

46.1978, -121.7813 Map & Directions

Length: 6.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain: 1,800 feet
Highest Point: 5,245 feet
Calculated Difficulty About Calculated Difficulty: Moderate/Hard

Wildflowers/Meadows
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Ridges/passes

Parking Pass/Entry Fee

Northwest Forest Pass

Hiking Quartz Ridge-Summit Prairie

Quartz Ridge-Summit Prairie

Map & Directions

Trailhead

Co-ordinates: 46.1978, -121.7813 Open in Google Maps

Before You Go

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Parking Pass/Entry Fee

Northwest Forest Pass

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Trailhead

South Cascades > Dark Divide

Summit Prairie (#2)

Gifford Pinchot National Forest and Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

Guidebooks & Maps

South Cascades

Green Trails No. 365 Lone Butte

No. 333 McCoy Peak

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Quartz Ridge-Summit Prairie

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