Umtanum Creek Canyon — Sunday, May. 1, 2022

Arrived at lot at 9:30am, lot about 1/2 way full. Trail is beautiful, lots of splits in this trail that will bring you back to the same trail eventually. This was my first time in this area and I was underwhelmed by the colors everyone talks about. Wildflowers are blooming, but they are generally sparse throughout the trail. I found all the sapling aspens to be the most striking, brilliant green in the sun with tall white barren aspens scattered throughout these little green oasis areas. We did see 1 rattlesnake and the remnants of a big horn sheep leg across the trail. At 3 miles in the trail pretty much disappears. There are lots of random foot paths, but all seem to lead no where, so we ended up circling around a bit then turning back, so round trip we did just over 6 miles.