Cle Elum
Local Attractions
Hiking
Family Friendly Hikes/Walks
- Palouse to Cascades Trail
- A gravel trail for bikers, runners, and walkers. Go anywhere from ¼ mile or 30+ miles
- 0 feet in elevation
- Parking Pass/Entry Fee: Discover Pass
- Directions-
- Coal Mine Trail
- Multi-use gravel grade
- A gravel trail for bikers, runners, and walkers. Go anywhere from ¼ mile to 10+ miles (roundtrip)
- 80 feet in elevation
- Suncadia Loop Trails
- Several paved, multi-use paths around Suncadia
Hikes 1-7 miles
- Suncadia Fish Shed Trail
- Trail from hotel to fish shed to Cle Elum River
- Can loop into further trails – mileage: 1 – 5 miles
- Suncadia River Trail
- 5.1 miles
- 139-ft. Elevation
- From Suncadia Inn
Hikes 7+ miles
- Thorp Lookout via Thorp Creek
- 7.4 miles
- 2,484 Elevation
- If you stop at Thorp Lake instead, the trail is only 5.8 miles and 1,260 elevation
- No parking pass required
- 17 miles from Taproom, then 4.5 miles of a dirt road
- Hex Mountain
- 7.3 miles
- 2,577-ft elevation
- Trailhead: along Salmon La Sac Rd., 5.6 miles from Ronald
Biking
Mountain Biking
- Roslyn
- Several trails near Roslyn
- Green, Blue, and Black trails
Gravel Biking
- Palouse to Cascades
- Former railroad gravel trail with several trailhead points along the way
Water Sports
- Lake Cle Elum
- Fishing, camping, boating, picnicking, SUP, kayak, and more on this lake
- Boat launch open until mid summer
- Driving: Located off 903
- Fly Fishing
- Book a trip with a local guide through Troutwater or Crow Creek
Frisbee Golf
- Hanson Ponds Disc Golf Course
- 18 basket course
- The course accommodates all playing levels from beginner to pros.
- Driving: 100 Whispering Pines Drive, Cle Elum, WA 98922
- Dawson Park at Suncadia Resort
- 18 basket course
- The course accommodates all playing levels from beginner to regular golfers
- Driving: No 9 Mine Rd, Cle Elum, WA 98922
Golf
- Sun Country Golf
- 18 holes Alpine course
- Beginners to veteran golfers
- Has views of Eastern Washington
- Rope Rider Golf Course
- 18 holes
- Has youth tees on every hole
- 3 and 6 hole loops available (kiddos can join too!)
- Located in Suncadia
- Prospector Golf Course
- 18 holes
- Is open for golfers of all abilities
- Located in Suncadia
Snow Sports
Cross Country Skiing
- Palouse to Cascades Trail
- Ungroomed: Cle Elum to Easton
- Groomed: Easton to Sno Pass
- Coal Mines Trail
- Groomed: voluntarily when there is new snow
- Multi-use trail – open to snowmobiles, dog sledding, etc.
- Suncadia Trails
- Groomed: when there is new snow
- Palouse to Cascades Trail
- Ungroomed: Cle Elum to Easton
- Groomed: Easton to Sno Pass
- Coal Mines Trail
- Groomed: voluntarily when there is new snow
- Multi-use trail – open to snowmobiles, dog sledding, etc.
- Groomed: voluntarily when there is new snow