Featured Trip Reports

Deception Pass State Park - Headlands / Rosario Head / Lighthouse Point

We arrived at the Bowman Bay parking lot around 12:30 on a beautiful January day. The lot was about 3/4 full as expected on a nice day. There are privies at the parking area and they were in decent ...

Excelsior Pass via Nooksack River

saw a total of 20 people today. snow free below 4000 ft elevation. waterfall was half frozen. as I progressed trail went from snow free to frost and intermittent glazed ice, but not long before it ...

Spark Plug and Little Spark Plug Peaks, Surprise Lake Snowshoe

Fantastic snowshoe adventure with Ngie, as we got up to the summit of Little Spark Plug Peak via the Surprise Lake trail. Beautiful day, but a little brisk out, as it was in the upper 20’s when got ...

High School Trail, Poo Poo Point

I met my hiking buddy Jeno at the High School trailhead a little before 6:00 AM this morning. The High School trailhead and parking lot only has room for 7 cars and there are no facilities there. ...

Salmon-Morgan Creeks Natural Area

This foggy day was perfect for a peaceful stroll along the Fir Loop Trail. Aside from a few muddy spots, the trail was easy to navigate. It was a relaxing walk among cedar, hemlock, and Douglas fir ...

Umtanum Creek Falls, Umtanum Ridge Crest

This was a last minute plan D after plan A, B, C didn't work out 😁. We wanted sun and some views, and this turned out to be ok. We parked at Umtanum Creek Falls trailhead. There were snow and ...

Hurricane Ridge Snowshoe

Snow plowed, road suitable for all vehicles, it was icy near the parking lot, drive with caution, ranger reminded drivers about carrying snow chains. Plenty of parking spots, temporary restroom ...

Teneriffe Falls

Beautiful, easy, accessible trail with tons of fun bridges leading to an incredible waterfall gushing down the side of the mountain. I would recommend taking the connector trail west on your way down ...

Sharpe Park - Sares Head, Sharpe Park - Montgomery - Duban Headlands

We arrived at the parking area around 1:30 PM on New Year's Eve and it was about half full. There are privies available in the parking area and they are in decent shape. We decided to start our ...

Amabilis Mountain Snowshoe

I’ve been XC skiing at Cabin Creek many times and often wondered what is beyond the end of the groomed trail turnaround near the top of Amabilis. Yesterday, we threw on snowshoes and found out! We ...

Lake 22

It was a good hike, as long as you were dressed appropriately. I had waterproof boots and was glad. The water was trickling on the trail in many places and some areas were very muddy, but not bad ...

Rattlesnake Dance Ridge Trail

First time to Rattlesnake Dance Ridge. I started late and came to an empty parking area with two large puddles. It was foggy when I started but I was above the clouds at around 2,000ft. There was ...

Columbia Hills State Park - Crawford Ranch Trail

It was a pretty windy day, the day after Christmas. I wasn't even sure I was going to do the hike as it was raining in the late morning when I arrived. The sun didn't come out to after 1:00pm but ...

Point Robinson Park

Since visiting Pt. Robinson several years ago, the addition of Oscar the Bird King Troll by Thomas Dambo has been on our bucket list. Ferry Ride: From Point Defiance in Tacoma take the Vashon ...

Mount Si, Mount Si via Mount Teneriffe Trail

The Mount Si trail was in good condition and snow-free, with some debris from small branches and twigs scattered for the first mile. A couple of downed trees blocked the trail, but they were ...

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge

This is the perfect hike for an active kid - four miles round trip, with most of it on enclosed boardwalks that leave the kid no option but to stay on the path. There is a bathroom at the parking lot ...

Big Creek

First, huge thanks to the Mount Rose Trail Crew for all the work they put in maintaining the trails in the area. Despite the bomb, cyclone, wind, rain, snow, etc that has been thrown at them ...

Ira Spring Trail - Mason Lake

Great time of year for this one! Road in good condition with a few avoidable potholes. Not crowded at all on a Thursday morning (8-10 cars total in the lot). Trailhead outhouse clean and stocked. ...

Summit Lake

Bottom Line: Whoa! Work has been done on NF-7810, transforming it from a high-clearance obstacle course into a road drivable by most cars! Accessibility to this trail is now greatly improved. ...

Artist Point Snowshoe, Huntoon Point Snowshoe

Temperatures between Bellingham and the parking lot were around 35-45F and only some wet stretches were found until just before parking where there were some tiny segments of packed snow on the road. ...

Swauk Forest Discovery Trail

This little loop hike has become an autumn ritual for my family. We jumped at the opportunity to sneak up here after soccer. There is still time left on those glowing western larch trees. They are ...

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge

My 3 year old is a fan of boardwalks and I decided to go here today as it seemed perfect for a little rainy day hike. Parking lot was not busy at all as we arrived before 4 PM. I only planned ...

Cutthroat Lake, Cutthroat Pass via the Pacific Crest Trail

Autumn is full on with winter on its heels. With friends in town we thought that we’d run up to Cutthroat Lake. Somehow this turned into Cutthroat Pass but that is okay too. The trail was pretty wet ...

Swauk Forest Discovery Trail

I was wanting to go see yellow larches and after reading a number of reports on the Swauk Forest Discovery Trail, Ethan, Karen, Brenda, Jonah, & I decided to go see for ourselves. There were only a ...

Navaho Pass

Finally got around to my larch march of 2024, a little past peak — a very quiet and beautiful hike! THE ROAD The road to the trailhead is in overall great shape — shouldn’t be an issue for any ...

Slate Peak

First the road: the infamous Harts Pass Road. It is rougher than I remember from the past, but there are no major obstacles. Low clearance is highly problematic, however, especially if you go up ...

Washington Park Arboretum

There are some beautiful fall colors in the Arboretum. It's worth a pause outside the Graham Visitor Center by the Cercidiphyllum japonicum (katsura tree) to catch the brown sugar smell from the ...

Green Mountain

Green Mountain - October 6, 2024 Trip Type: Day hike Trail Conditions: Mostly clear Weather: Sunny, 60s°F Trip Report: My partner and I hiked Green Mountain on a beautiful, sunny October day. We ...

Alpine Lookout, Round Mountain

Our original plan was Trap Lake which is west of Stevens Pass. This area was socked in and drizzling so we kept going east until we hit sun. This was my first time on this trail. The dirt road ...

Thomas, Blue and Tombstone Lakes

Hiked the Thomas Lake Trail to the junction with the Pacific Crest Trail at Blue Lake. No bugs and trail is in excellent condition. I didn't see much in the way of colors, but the scenery was ...