Hamilton Peak, Beacon Rock State Park - Hamilton Mountain — Friday, Apr. 16, 2004

South Cascades

Part of the PNWH got together this weekend for an easy weekend at Beacon Rock State Park. On saturday we did Hamilton Mt.-which has benifited nicely by all the rain-the falls on the way up are running heavily. The poison oak has not been trimmed back though, so be careful. Ford and me checked out the Little Beacon Rock Trail afterwards, and it is a cute trail! Very alpiney feeling. On sunday we headed up Beacon Rock, and were rewarded with being alone at the top. A lot of poison oak at the summit. We also did the Riedly Lake trail afterwards-which wasn't easy to find at the start, but is easy to find after the first few feet. The lake was intresting-almost a meadow. Smitty's in Casmas provided a tasty lunch on the way home..with rain coming down.