Panjab Trail, Turkey Creek & Oregon Butte — Saturday, Apr. 8, 2017

Eastern Washington > Palouse and Blue Mountains

Rambled from the Panjab TH about a mile up the Panjab trail on three inches of fresh snow that had melted into mud by the time I returned in the afternoon. I took the Turkey Creek Trail where it splits with Panjab and hit continuous snow 1-2 miles up Turkey Creek at which point I transitioned to skins and continued uphill to the Teepee campground Trailhead. Turkey creek and Panjab trails had a handful of blowdown low down. Teepee TH had 1-3 feet of snow in drifts and from there I booted with crampons along the Mt. Misery trail toward Oregon Butte. I made it to West Butte and decided I was tired. Fresh powder up high made for some enjoyable turns back into the Turkey Creek valley. Still lots of snow up high in the Blue Mts! Panjab TH is snow free and I was not the only one to think camping season along the Tucannon is in full swing.