Day Hike - CCC Trail

We will start from the midpoint parking lot (marked as CCC trailhead parking" on Gaia or "Pratt Balcony Trail" on Google Maps. * Change of plans * We planned to go northeast on the CCC trail but found an impassable stream 0.4 miles in. So we returned to the cars, then went southwest on the CCC Trail. The trail goes ~3 miles and then intersects with Bessemer Rd (logging road/trail). (Gaia GPS route map)

Quick Facts
Parking: Northwest Forest Pass
Required equipment: 10 essentials.
Recommended equipment: rain gear.
Weather: 40-46 degrees (Weather Forecast).
Facilities: Vault toilet is available, not at the trailhead, but shortly before along the Middle Fork Road.

WTA CCC Trail link (incorrect driving directions).

Right now (2/15/25) there is still snow on the trail, but with the warm weather to come this week, it is expected to be melted by the day of the hike. 

9:30 am.  We will start from the midpoint parking lot trailhead:  Google Maps link.  Trailhead GPS coordinates: 47.535754, -121.578894

From Seattle, drive east on I-90 to exit 34 (Edgewick Road). Turn left (north) onto 468th Avenue and follow it to the junction with the Middle Fork Road (Forest Road 56). Turn right and continue up the Middle Fork Road (turning right at the fork) for 9.4 miles. Look for a small parking lot on the left big enough for 7-8 cars and a “CCC #1264” marker sign.