Featured Trip Reports

Selah Cliffs Natural Area Preserve

Karen, Brenda, Jonah, & I took a walk at the Selah Cliffs Natural Area on this cold, sunny day. From the trailhead (no facilities) we walked up to the Fred Redmond Bridge, then up the sidecanyon ...

Thunder Knob

This was a cold, snowy, and beautiful hike with fresh snow from last week's storm and low temps! Road conditions: The highway was mostly snow/ice free except for some unexpected ice chunks in the ...

Anderson and Watson Lakes, Anderson Butte

Parked at end of drivable road. Camped at Watson Lake, made a trip up to the Butte on the way out. Weather: partly cloudy and above-freezing Sunday. Clouds cleared out Sunday evening for crystal ...

Gold Creek Pond Snowshoe

Happy New Year! I-90 was clear and dry, not much traffic as we arrived around 8:30pm. The road to the TH was also clear and dry. Parking wasn’t a problem. It was a dark and foggy night for a hike, ...

Steliko Lookout

Took my 2 year old and a friend to stay overnight at Steliko Fire Lookout. This was a bucket list to do with the kids in the winter as the hike is pretty short at around 4 mi roundtrip and it's ...

Huntoon Point Snowshoe

My first overnight snowshoeing trip. Got lucky with the weather forecast, as the previous day it had snowed several inches, and it was supposed to be dry and partly sunny until the following day. ...

Change Peak, Mount Washington, Great Wall Trail

I did a nice lollipop loop today up at Mount Washington. Conditions were perfect with blue skies and sunshine - always a nice combination with new-fallen snow. TL;DR - The Mount Washington Trail ...

Skagit Wildlife Area, Leque Island - Stanwood Levee Trail

Our oldest son, David, who lives in the Boston area is visiting and we took him to the Skagit area hoping to see snow geese which he has never seen. Unfortunately we didn't see any, but it was a good ...

Umtanum Creek Canyon

Ethan, Brenda, Karen, & I took a walk up Umtanum Canyon today. Only one of the outhouses was open at the trailhead, but it was well stocked with TP. We walked up the canyon to the second crossing, ...

Kendall Peak Lakes Snowshoe

Hiked almost to the lakes. Lots of snow. Soft and heavy. Snowshoes were necessary after the first mile. Post holing. After a mile and a half I had to break trail. You’re welcome, future snowshoers. ...

Saddle Rock

The trail is in good condition right now with very little snow and hardly any mud. The steep gravel section that is typically very loose in the drier months has good traction at the moment because ...

Deception Pass State Park - Goose Rock

The weather turned out to be fairly nice -- didn't get rained on, but there was quite a bit of wind. It got chilly at the top. The views from the top were okay, lots of the distant peaks were ...

Lyle Cherry Orchard

WTA returned for the fall to spruce up the tread, lop limbs, and clean out drain dips. The trail has never looked better. The fall foliage made the day pleasant and the weather ideal for the crew ...

Snow Mountain Ranch and Cowiche Mountain

I took a walk at Snow Mtn Ranch on the sunny but cool & sometimes breezy afternoon. I walked the Riparian Trail West to the west end of the Swallowtail Trail, back to the Riparian Trail, & then ...

Davis Peak

Spectacular day on Davis Peak, as Ngie and I got up to the top of Davis-Central Peak. We were above the inversion layer all, so we had some phenomenal views. When we started at 8:30 am , it was ...

Ebey's Landing

Whidbey seemed to have somewhat better weather today, so I decided to try my luck there. One can’t go wrong with Ebey’s landing, even when hail hits mid-hike. Cemetery lot was half full, restrooms ...

Grand Park via Lake Eleanor

Most of this trip report will be mute by this afternoon as an atmospheric river is predicted today through Thursday night (aka heavy warm rain). Freeze levels moving as high as 10,500 ft tonight and ...

Naches Peak Loop

Went out for an early morning hike on Naches Peak Loop and the trail was entirely snow covered with the exception of a few patches through the trees. There was about an inch of snow across the trail ...

Reflection Box Canyon, Lakes Loop, Stevens Canyon Waterfalls

We started at 4th Crossing up at Paradise. We headed over to Mazama Ridge/Lakes trail. Then down to the WT that took us through Stevens Canyon and over to Box Canyon. Approximately 9 miles with ...

Middle Fork Snoqualmie River, Rock Creek, Snow Lake, Gem Lake, Lower Wildcat Lake, Upper Wildcat Lake

I went out to Upper Wildcat Lake via the backdoor route from the Dingford Creek TH in the Middlefork Valley. The Dingford Road is notoriously rough and best suited to higher-clearance vehicles. Even ...

Indian Heaven, Bird Mountain Loop, Junction Lake

Snagged a Summer day that snuck into Fall. Temps around 60-70s, blue sky, no smoke, and first half of the trail ablaze with fall color. Prime opportunity to take in a slice of Indian Heaven ...

Ebey's Landing

Quick walk along Ebey’s Landing early Saturday morning before lunch with family. We parked at the upper lot - I noticed on a previous report that the upper lot doesn’t seem to have the Discover Pass ...

Carne Mountain

A beautiful day for this hike, and lots of other people thought so too! It never felt crowded but with those people were tons of dogs. Everyone was great though. Everyone and the latches were ...

Tatie Peak and Grasshopper Pass

I was the first one on the trail at 6:20am (in the dark), guessing this gorgeous sunny October day of Larch-madness would be crazy. Since this trail is exposed, the early morning light aided my ...

White Bluffs - North

The road going in is pretty rough. Currently, it's washboarded badly going in. Thankfully coming out it's not that bad. There are two portapotties just down the road at the boat launch in good ...

Hessong Rock and Mount Pleasant, Spray Park, Flett Glacier

The Basics: Road: Mowich Lk Rd…. washboard pretty much the entire 15 miles of dirt. Mowich CG: Only two tents today! Good for those folks. Parking: 50% full at Mowich Lake. Lined a ...

Rattlesnake Ledge

The weather turned perfect this afternoon so we couldn't resist an after-work lap of Rattlesnake. The GPS claims it was 4.6 miles and 1200 vertical from the parking to the ledge and back. Arrived ...

Mirror Lake via the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), Mirror and Cottonwood Lakes

Took my best friend on a hike up to Mirror Lake by way of the PCT. I've always love hiking on the PCT and meeting people that are doing that long trek. Hiking into Mirror Lake was great, the only ...

Tarbell Trail, Chinook Trail, Silver Star Mountain - Ed's Trail, Silver Star Mountain

Route: Tarbell -> Chinook -> Ed's Trail -> Silver Star -> Chinook -> Tarbell. Had a few little detours along the way. :) 14-n-change miles total. Humid and smokey in the AM, but got a bit more ...

Mailbox Peak - Old Trail

Completing Mailbox Peak has been on my bucket list for while but I hear the stories and have never attempted until today. And it was as hard as I was imagining, especially rounding the corner after ...