Twin Sisters

Twin Sisters Roadless Area is geologically unique: Three central ridges come together to then jet out, much like spokes on a wheel, to connect to the Kettle Crest. Ancient mountains here are lush with lodgepole pine and old forests of Douglas fir and western red cedar.

On the south side, clearings in the forest reveal one of the grandest views of the Kettle Crest in the entire Colville National Forest. Its night skies are rated the darkest of any in the continental United States. Supported by lush forests that block out the sights and sounds of human activity, the area carries a calming sense of isolation and a serenity you can only find in the heart of a dense woodland. 

Twin Sisters has two trails that would make an excellent connection with adjacent non-motorized trails in Hoodoo Canyon and feeder trails up to the Kettle Crest. Such a connection would give hikers a chance at a long, peaceful excursion from the Trout Lake trailhead at Hoodoo Canyon all the way up to the Kettle Crest Trail.

This area also provides the scenic wilderness backdrop from up on the Kettle Crest looking east—future development of this area would diminish the wild characteristics of the Kettle Crest.

Twin Sisters is graced with extensive quaking aspen stands, seldom seen outside northeast Washington in regional wilderness areas. This area is also vital for wolverines with 12,000 acres of wolverine habitat within the roadless area, as well as critical habitat for Canada lynx. Pine marten and blue grouse are among the many other animals that live here. Native red-band trout thrive in the Deadman Creek watershed where their numbers are stronger than anywhere else in the Colville National Forest.

Many have named Twin Sisters as the most peaceful, secluded habitat in the western Colville National Forest. It is a treasure that must be protected.