Colville National Forest · Washington

Sherman Pass

4.4 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 82 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike

Campgrounds

Along the way Jungle Hill Horse Campground

Trailhead Kettle Crest Trailhead (Sherman Pass) Drive there

Kettle Crest South National Recreation #13 the Forest Service's write-up

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The trail climbs from Sherman Pass (5,575 feet) to Sherman Peak (6,500 feet) then follows the mountain side and gradually descends to 6,000 feet. The trail continues to the junction of Bald Mountain and Edds Mountain Trail #3 . The trail travels through the site of the White Mountain Complex, the August 1988 wildland fire ignited by lighting strikes.

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Kettle Crest Trailhead (Sherman Pass) the Forest Service's write-up

Washington State Sno-Park Permit required Dec 1 to March 31. No passes required outside this time. · season Year-round to

This multiple-use trailhead found on Sherman Pass provides summer and winter access to the Kettle Crest National Recreation Trail (Kettle Crest Trail #13 North and South) and the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail. The trailhead includes an outhouse, information board with trail maps, trail user registration boxes, and parking that will accommodate 15-20 vehicles and 5-7 vehicles with trailers. The upper parking is available for passenger vehicles and the lower parking area is for trucks, RVs, and horse trailers. Camping at the trailhead is discouraged. No campfires are allowed. Sherman Overlook Campground is located approximately one-mile east of the trailhead. Horse camping is encouraged at Jungle Hill Trailhead located 5 miles east of the Trailhead off the Albian Hill Road. Multiple connector trails extend out from the trailhead including Sherman Loop, Columbia Mountain (including an historic fire lookout), and a long loop that includes the Sherman-tie trail, Jungle Hill Trail, and Kette Crest 13 N. The trailhead is popular with hikers, horse riders, and mountain bikers. Please respect the rules of the trail related to yielding to other users. Sherman Pass is a high mountain pass that crosses the Kettle River Range in the state of Washington. It is the highest pass in the state maintained all year. The pass is located on the Sherman Pass Scenic Byway which traverses the Colville National Forest. The pass was named after American Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman who traveled across the pass in 1883.

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Sherman Pass Tie #96 the Forest Service's write-up

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Wooded trail that crosses three small streams. Connects to Kettle Crest.

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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.