5.0 miles

Hagen Trail - Cache Creek

Jackson

Fee: $0.00 - donations appreciated

Access:

From Jackson Town Square, follow Broadway east and turn right on Redmond Street. Follow Redmond Street and take a left turn at Cache Creek Drive. Follow Cache Creek Drive to the Cache Creek Trailhead. Please keep in mind that this is a narrow, snow-packed road, so drive accordingly.

Description:

The Hagen Trail provides a skier-tracked, more challenging option in the Cache Creek area. It comprises two sections, the "Hagen Highway" and the Hagen Trail that continues east, paralleling mid-Cache Creek on the south side of the creek. The terrain is hilly, with one steep uphill section if skiing west to east, featuring an elevation gain/loss of 350’.

Parking: Available at the Cache Creek Trailhead.

Skiing Experience: The trail can be skied as a loop (as shown) merging with and returning by Cache Creek Trail or as an out-and-back. One variation takes the skier back west at a few hundred feet above the creek bed toward Snow King. The trail eventually meets up with the Snow King Ski Area boundary near the Rafferty Ski Lift. Snowshoes and snow-bikes are permitted.

Winter Grooming: Hagen Trail has been groomed in previous years. However, due to the difficulty of grooming this trail, grooming is not guaranteed. Snowshoes and snow-bikes are permitted. Trail maintenance by Friends of Pathways in winter.

Fat Bikers: Snowshoes and snow-bikes are permitted.

Summer Trail Users: This is a popular mountain biking trail in the summer for moderate to advanced bikers looking for a rewarding climb.

Dogs: Dogs are permitted on this trail. Please be mindful to keep your dogs on leashes and to pick up after them.

Directions:

Beginnings: Access the Hagen Trail just prior (west) to the Cache Creek Trailhead on the south side of the road.

Uphill Stretch: The terrain is hilly, with one steep uphill section if skiing west to east, featuring an elevation gain/loss of 350’.

Views: Explore scenic views along mid-Cache Creek on the south side of the creek.

Trail Options: One variation takes the skier back west at a few hundred feet above the creek bed toward Snow King. The trail eventually meets up with the Snow King Ski Area boundary near the Rafferty Ski Lift.

Return: The trail can be skied as a loop, merging with and returning by Cache Creek Trail, or as an out-and-back.