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Umtanum Creek Canyon — Saturday, Apr. 15, 2023

Central Washington > Yakima
The landscape still is stark.

This is NOT a trail report from Umtanum Creek Canyon - it is about an easy alternative.

We wanted to go on a short hike WITH VIEWS from the Umtanum Rec. Area. To this end, we took the first left after crossing the bridge and the railroad track and another left a ways up the draw. See the attached track. For the best views, continue on for a bit further than we did. Stats of the track as shown: 3.9 km, 180 m elevation gain.

This hike isn't on WTA's list. Thus this report appears here.

As all over the "east side", wildflowers are just starting up. It will be a while (4 weeks?) auntil its peak. Nevertheless, there are some, little ones.

There also are a number of meadowlarks who serenaded us at the higher levels. WTA: listen. You need to put in a button for "birds (or frogs or coyotes) singing".

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