Umtanum Creek Canyon — Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020

After setting up camp at Big Pines CG in Yakima Canyon, we walked a little over a mile in Umtanum Canyon which was badly burned in the Evans Canyon fire. The Canyon is pretty much torched and many aspen leaves are fried, but there are areas of new growth and it appears most of the aspen will survive. One can now see the other side of the creek where an apple tree was loaded with red apples. On our return to the TH we saw 3 deer who appeared to be enjoying fallen apples from an apple tree near the first aspen grove. Soon 6 more deer joined them and they all ran up the hill. The Umtanum Recreation Area will be closed to public access from 10-25-20 until 5-14-21 so that  crews can replace the bridge deck and railing and put in new support beams.