Umtanum Creek Canyon — Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017

I led my 2nd Winter Walk of the season for the Cascadians to Umtanum Canyon on the cool, cloudy day.  We walked about 3.25 miles up the canyon before the talus became a bit slippery, so we turned around and walked back a little ways to a lunch spot beneath some towering cliffs with a view down the canyon.  It began to snow lightly about the time we turned around and snowed off & on the rest of the afternoon.  After lunch we headed back the way we'd come.  Most of the party saw some big horn sheep and I spooked a large fish out of the shallows & into deeper water.  We only saw a few other people in the canyon.  It was a somewhat dreary day, but whatever the weather, Umtanum Canyon is a special place to walk.