Gifford Pinchot National Forest · Washington

Toutle

11 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 238 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 46.1435, -122.2932 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Trailhead: Blue Lake (Mt St Helens) the Forest Service's write-up

No fee or pass required. See <a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprd3843447.pdf">Mount St. Helens Map </a>for fee and payment sites.

Provides access to : Blue Lake, the Toutle Trail #238 , and the Blue Lake Trail #237 . Access from Forest Road 8123. The road is washed out about 2 miles in, so park and walk from there.

Restrictions <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span 12pt="" lang="EN" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:;">Horses are prohibited on</span></b><span 12pt="" lang="EN" style="background: rgb(238, 238, 238); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:;">:</span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li .5in="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: black; font-family:;"><span 12pt="" lang="EN" style="font-family:;">Toutle Trail #238 north of the Sheep Canyon Trail #240 intersection</span></li><li .5in="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: black; font-family:;"><span 12pt="" lang="EN" style="font-family:;">Sheep Canyon Trail #240 east of the Toutle Trail #238</span></li><li .5in="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; color: black; font-family:;"><span 12pt="" lang="EN" style="font-family:;">Butte Camp Trail #238A</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Calibri">&nbsp;</font> &nbsp;</p>

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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.