Umtanum Creek Canyon — Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025

The first 1.5 miles of this trail are fairly easy to follow, though you have to go through a buzzing tunnel of trees filled with bees. The canyon walls and scenery are stunning. After that the trail is significantly overgrown and difficult to follow. Even with the blue dot 🔵 on AllTrails, the downed trees and overgrowth are intense and made it hard to follow. It was a mistake to wear shorts. There were no ticks but my legs are completely covered in scratches from thorns, brush & tree branches. At 3 miles in the trail goes through a rock slide area and my footing wouldn’t hold. I was carried to the bottom creek and it took everything I had to get to the other side. Then I lost the trail again and decided that I had enough so I turned around and got whipped by a million thorns, bushes and branches on the way back. I saw 2 snakes but they were not rattlers. I warned some people headed that way and I hope they had a better experience than me.