Panjab Trail — Friday, May. 14, 2021

It was an unseasonably warm weekend in the tri-cities on 5/14/21 so I thought I'd come up here and try this trail.

it's a great trail and very beautiful. I went clockwise from the trailhead and stayed the night at Indian Corral. The night was quiet and peaceful and there was not another soul to be found.

The next day I set out to try and get to the fire lookout. Where there was no snow it was BEAUTIFUL. Wildflowers were growing and it was a perfect sunny day. The problem was any time I got into the trees there was still quite a bit of snow. It wasn't terrible to walk through but it definitely made it harder. I got about 1 mile from the lookout when the snow finally got the best of me. As far as I could tell it was going to be deep snow the rest of the way to the top. I decided to turn around at that point and head back down the way I came.

Overall I loved the hike. The trail is a little rough and hard to find at points. Had to climb over a lot of fallen trees. It was impossible to follow under all the snow. Fortunately I had the map downloaded to my phone and was able to find my way irregardless of the snow. No mosquitos at all so that was awesome.

Can't wait to come back in a few weeks when the snow is gone.