Arrived after a day spent at Ancient Lakes and although it was a blue bird fall day, I knew that the light starting at 3pm in a canyon would be subpar. So I walked along for a few kms (personally I think the colors are "just" past peak) and then decided to b-line out of the canyon towards the Umtanum Ridge Road in order to return via the vista trail.
I'm sure it's been done plenty of times before but it was very much a spur of the moment idea for me, and considering I just spent 4 out of the last 5 months on crutches, I'm glad it worked and was very much worth the gamble.
I left the canyon around here 46.86321, -120.52522 and went up slightly climbers left to the mini ridge and then continued up towards the top. On the way up there was another old minor road that cut along the hill around here, 46.85072, -120.53289. It eventually hit the vista trail but the top was way nicer. I saw 4 deer, a hawk and and eagle, twas a good day.
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