Wilderness Peak Loop, Whittaker Wilderness Peak — Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023

Started the hike around 2:30 pm and finished around 5:10 pm. It was a nice hike, the uphill parts were fairly steep though in my opinion and would definitely reconsider going on this hike if going walking uphill is a problem. There was a waterfall/stream at the beginning of the hike that was relaxing and it has some nice scenery along the trail. There were at least two trees that had fallen down, and slipper mud spread throughout the trail. Would be careful around this time of year. I went with an Australian Shepherd puppy (1 year old) and it seemed like a good first hike for him to get him used to people and other dogs. There is some parts that when you come back from the trail that are a bit more dangerous than when you going the first time. Finished the hike once the sun was going down but there was still a fair amount of illumination from the sun. Overall, would highly recommend going on this hike if you are okay with going uphill and navigating around trees that fell down. Make sure to hike when it's sunny, it's beautiful!