Fortune Creek 4x4 Trail
Okanogan-Wenatchee NF, Kittitas County, WA
Difficult
- Distance
- 6.5 miles one way
- Season
- Mid-June to November 1
- Rig needed
- High clearance 4x4, AT tires, recovery gear
- Difficulty
- Difficult
Shelf road up Fortune Creek to Gallagher Head Lake, climbing from 3,242 ft at the gate to about 5,400 ft at the pass. The lower section is tame enough that it gets rated easy, and that is exactly how it sells you on the rest of it — it tightens up and gets rocky the higher you go, and the exposure near the top is real. Do not run it alone. Before mid-July expect snow drifts above 4,000 ft and deadfall across the road, so bring a saw. Trailhead is up FR 4330 past Salmon la Sac.
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Trailhead
47.47955, -121.04359 — opens directions in Google Maps
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