First time to KB this year! Still patchy snow on the road towards the top (high clearance vehicle helpful...at least today). Trail was snow free on the switchbacks.
PSA - Tick City!!! (To be expected this early in the season)
We are long time Kelly Butte enthusiasts and know the ticks are bad in the spring. We went prepared - picardin, gaiters, tall socks, the whole works. We made it almost to the meadows, but the tick count was just getting too high to continue into the tall grass (they seem to love the bear grass) so we turned around and saved the look-out for another day.
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wanderinghiker_pnw on Kelly Butte
Wow! Thank you so much for this review. I was going to head up there for sunset! Nope! I'll wait!
Posted by:
wanderinghiker_pnw on Jun 24, 2022 02:06 PM
Rhabbie on Kelly Butte
Just did this hike today and found a tick on my leg when I got back to the trailhead... Did not realized ticks are worse in the Spring than in the Summer!
Posted by:
Rhabbie on May 29, 2023 12:17 AM