Gifford Pinchot National Forest · Washington
Monte Cristo
3.1 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 53 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide
Trailheads Trailhead: Monte Carlo-Upper Drive there · Trailhead: Monte Cristo-Upper Drive there
Trailhead: Monte Carlo-Upper the Forest Service's write-up
Provides access to : Monte Carlo #52 and Monte Cristo #53 trail system.
Limited parking.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Trailhead: Monte Cristo-Lower the Forest Service's write-up
No fee
Provides access to : Monte Cristo Trail #53 which links up to Monte Carlo Trail #52 .
Limited parking.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Trailhead: Monte Cristo-Upper the Forest Service's write-up
No fee
Provides access to : Monte Christo Trail #53 from the north.
Limited parking down a rough rock road.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Other trails from the same trailheads
- Monte Carlo · 6.0 mi · from Trailhead: Monte Carlo-Upper
About this trail's facts
The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.
