Umtanum Creek Canyon — Sunday, Apr. 9, 2017

Central Washington > Yakima

The hike description to get up the canyon is confusing. The trail on the left of the creek is very hard to follow, with no clear crossing place. On our return leg we found a better route, which may even be the intended route (it did pass walnut and apple trees and an old homestead!) BETTER DESCRIPTION: Walking away from the parking lot, head over the suspension bridge and under the railroad tracks. Turn, and cross over the rail way tracks so that the creek is on your left and head away from the parking lot. After about a couple of miles the trail forks, heading down to the creek on the left fork. If you go straight ahead instead of the left, the trail peters out and just becomes a primitive animal trail. We didn't cross the creek and can't speak to the trails on the left bank in that spot, but a trail was not visible. There are several nice camp sites all along the trail.