Hi Fredy,
1994 als ich den Pacific Crest Bicycle Trail gefahren bin, bin ich von Chelan mit der „Lady of the Lake“ nach Stehekin und zurückgefahren. War im Juni und wenig Touristen. Die haben sogar unsere bepackten Räder für lau mitgenommen.
Bin am Ende des Tales aber nicht weiter als bis zum Rainbow Falls gewesen.
Ich hab mir mal deine gewünschte Route mit Topo 4,0 angesehen, bin zu folgendem Ergebnis gekommen und hoffe, dass es dir ein bischen hilft:
km odo Ort Koord Kord Elev. m
0 Start Stehekin N48° 18.540 W120° 39.420 342m
5 - 5 Rainbow Falls N48° 20.540 W120° 41.989 393
7 - 7 Abzweig landing strip N48° 21.014 W120° 42.850 497m
17,3 - 17,3 High Bridge Guard Station N48° 22.814 W120° 50.252 497m
17,5 - 17,5 Xing Pacific Crest Trail N48° 22.780 W120° 50.415 505m
18 - 18 Stehekin Valley Rd 90 ° Rechtknick nach Nord, Xing Agnes Gorge Trail N48° 22.960 W120° 50.415 647m
24 - 24 PCT returns to Stehekin Valley Road N48° 25.783 W120° 52.059 647m
24,5 - 24,5 Stehekin Valley Rd knickt 90° links nach Westen N48° 26.045 W120° 52.326 668m
27,5 - 27,5 Xing Park Creek N48° 25.819 W120° 54.860 688m
28 - 28 Xing Park Creek Trail N48° 25.819 W120 55.210 705m
34,91 - 0 - 34,91 Ende Stehekin Valley Rd, Start Cascade Pass Trail N48° 27.116 W120 59.476 848m
6,8 - 41,71 Cascade Pass N48° 28.086 W120° 3.569 1637m
9,24 - 44,15 Ende des Pfades N48° 28.521 W121° 4.663 1050m
9,89 - 44,8 Abzweig Diamond Mine N48° 28.797 W121° 4.785 983m
18,61 - 0 - 53,52 Ende Cascade Pass Trail, Anfang Cascade River Rd N48° 27.925 W121° 9.410 509m
4 - 57,52 Abzweig links South Side Cascade Rd N48° 28.157 W121° 12.178 458m
4,8 - 58,32 Abzweig rechts Sattle Point Rd N48° 28.321 W121° 12.554 501m
10,2 - 63,72 Abzweig links Forest Rd 1550 N48° 30.664 W121° 14.986 408m
11 - 64,52 Abzweig rechts local-rural Rd N48° 31.020 W121° 15.320 408m
13,43 - 66,95 Marble Creek Cgrd N48° 32.145 W121° 16.345 344m
Bei km 17,5 kannst du auf den Pacific Crest Trail abbiegen und bei km 24 wieder auf die Stehekin Rd zurückkehren. Hat aber eine Menge Höhenmeter mehr.
Noch ne Info zum Cascade Pass Trail
The Cascade Pass Trail is probably the most popular and heavily used trail in the park. It is usually done as a day hike, and offers beautiful scenery as well as access to Horseshoe Basin, Sahale Arm, and Trapper Lake. If you want to get away from crowds, however, this is not the place to go.
The trail begins at Cottonwood Camp, 23 miles on the valley road from Stehekin Landing; it follows the Stehekin River 1.4 miles to Basin Creek Camp, where it begins a long uphill grade. The junction to Horseshoe Basin is at 2.2 miles. This side trip goes 1.5 miles up to the Black Warrior Mine where dreams of mineral wealth were pursued until the early 1950s. Bring a flashlight to explore dark corners of the mine. Horseshoe Basin itself is surrounded by high cliffs with numerous waterfalls cascading down. Absolutely beautiful!
Back on the main trail, the trail continues across talus slopes and soon reaches Doubtful Creek. Fording this creek can be hazardous during early summer runoff; use caution. The trail switchbacks up to Pelton Basin; here is a jumping-off point for the west end of Trapper Lake, a steep cross-country hike. Get specific directions from a ranger before attempting this trip.
Cascade Pass is less than 1 mile farther, at 5400’. Just below the pass is the turning point for Sahale Arm. You can make it a day trip and get some incredible views. Camping is permitted on the second moraine of Sahale Glacier, but nowhere else on the Arm. This entire area is extremely fragile, and suffered from overuse; efforts at revegetation will continue to be successful only with your cooperation. Another cross-country jaunt can be made from Sahale Arm down to Doubtful Lake; from the lake , a short, steep downhill scramble leads back to main trail. Ask a ranger for specifics on this route.
From Cascade Pass, the trail switchbacks down another 3.7 miles to the Johannesburg parking lot, 22 miles up the Cascade River road from Marblemount. Without the side trip to Horseshoe Basin, it is 9.1 miles from Cottonwood to the west side parking lot.
Mfg Günter