Trapper Creek Wilderness

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Trapper Creek Wilderness
IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area)
Trapper Creek Wilderness
Location Washington, USA
Nearest city Stabler, Washington
Coordinates 45°54′14″N 122°01′40″W / 45.90389, -122.02778
Area 5,970 acres (24.2 km²)
Established 1984
Governing body U.S. Forest Service
Hiker next to a large old-growth tree in the Trapper Creek Wilderness
Hiker next to a large old-growth tree in the Trapper Creek Wilderness

The small Trapper Creek Wilderness area consists of 5,970 acres (24 km²) in southern Washington in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The wilderness covers nearly the entire Trapper Creek drainage and is the only pristine anadromous fish habitat in the Wind River watershed.[1] The terrain is very steep and rugged and holds many streams and waterfalls - one as tall as 100 ft (30 m). It is one of the few sizeable blocks of low-elevation old-growth forest remaining in southern Washington. There are many relatively popular and well maintained hiking trails in the wilderness area.

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