Beacon Rock State Park - Hamilton Mountain — Sunday, May. 26, 2024

The trail was in good condition.

Bugs were horrible towards and at the top of Hamilton.

The crowds were brutal as expected today but really thinned out towards the top. There are a few places going up that aren’t really dog friendly so elected to carry the dog in the backpack for a portion of the ascent.

Came down the equestrian, dons cutoff, and hardy creek trails. Highly recommend Dons cutoff trail as no one uses it (probably because that’s not included on the loop on the AllTrails map or the 100 WA classic hike route). There is clean and stocked privy on the dons cutoff route and the hiker trail tread is soft pine needles which was much preferred to the rocky service road of the equestrian trail. Will continue to use dons trail in all future hikes.