Colville/Gillette

K S

Easy to get lost in if you don't know the place. Make sure you don't wander too far unless you're with someone who knows it well. Very beautiful and pristine area.

Brandon Humphreys

The Colville National Forest is a beautiful wilderness full of conifers such as spruce, fir, cedar, pine, and alder. Wildlife is all around with abundant signs of bear, cougar, elk, wolves, deer, mountain goats, rabbits, squirrels, hawks, owls, woodpeckers, and much more. Most of the summer you will run into campfire bans, but in the spring and fall the weather is perfect and on the cool evenings by the fire you can look up and see an astonishing amount of stars in the sky. Plenty of lakes, rivers, and streams provide many other outdoor activities as well.

Lorilee Technetium

We came in under chewelah and drove for hours. We used all the back logging roads. It was absolutely amazing. Definitely know you're logging roads or take a map. You could get lost if you didn't know what you were doing. Luckily I went with my husband who knows those roads well. The scenery was amazing. We didn't see very many animals. We heard a lot of birds. And there was a ton of mosquitoes.

Brett Schoenberger

Amazing place. This was a favorite of mine, so large you can get lost. Tons of animals and beautiful trees. Caution is due to wolf and cougar tracks I found but well worth the trip. Please respect the land and pack out what you pack in!!

David McConnachie

Hiked kettle crest trail south. Was an awesome hike, many spectacular views. Saw one bear, just made a bit of noise and obviously didn't approach it and it watched for 30-40 seconds and left. Had bear mace, I suggest you buy some of your hiking anywhere a bear may be. Don't feed the animals. A fed bear is a dead bear. The trail as of 06/07/18 was mostly clear of snow, just a few spots of snow to go through. Trail was very clear aside from the spots with snow.