Featured Trip Reports

Dosewallips State Park - Steam Donkey Trail

What a great first hike of the season! Easy. Pretty. Good to be back on the trail. There was only the smallest bit of mud in a couple spots. Not a problem. Trillium blooming at lower elevations. Not ...

Hanford Reach - North

This place is incredible! Arrived at the TH around 7am and had the place to ourselves for the entire hike. Such expansive incredible views up there on a beautiful, sunny, warm Sunday. Seeing sand ...

Snoquera Falls Loop

Trying to avoid the crowds near Issaquah and ended up here...excellent choice! We pulled into the lot at about 11:00 am and there were only 4 other cars there. The trailhead lists White River Trail, ...

Downey Creek

This is one fine trail! Don't let the short climb at the start discourage you, mostly easy ups and downs. No brush or blowdowns in the 2ish miles I did each way today. Turned around at creek ...

Upper Dungeness River

The road to the Upper Dungeness trailhead was snow free, and suitable for all types of vehicles. The trailhead is well marked, and had ample parking. I was the only one there at 9:30am on a ...

Lewis and Clark Discovery Trail

Beautiful little trail! Great one to check out if you're in the area. My husband and I absolutely love the Ilwaco/Long Beach area. This trail is part of the reason why we love it so much. Be sure to ...

Kirkwood Ranch

This is a 3 day backpack on the Snake River Trail #102 from Granite Creek to Pittsburgh Landing (Hell's Canyon on the Idaho side). Also would be a great 1-day trail run. The drive to Pittsburgh ...

Duckabush River

The road has a lot of potholes, but it isn't a lot of miles so very manageable. The trail has a lot of trees and blowdowns, especially on the backside as you get into snow and drop down to the river. ...

North Creek Park Boardwalk

We echo all the previous comments about this very enjoyable gem of an urban walk in the Mill Creek area of Snohomish County. It was especially delightful on this mostly sunny Sunday (March 11) as ...

Camp 2 - Lookout Mountain

Trip report in summary here, more details at the bottom: Trail: The trail is in good shape. Trace amounts of snow starting at about 1.0 miles in, the trail remains snow-free until about the 3.0 ...

Washington Park

Map: https://www.anacorteswa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4771 I parked at the 515 trailhead and hiked down toward Juniper Point and then headed east on 501 which was a pretty exposed trail on the ...

Mount Rose

Arrived at trailhead at 945 am, only three cars in parking lot. Beautiful, sunny Saturday. Trail is snow-free until you reach the summit loop. At that point it's entirely snow covered, and ...

Rocky Top

What a beautiful day to hike the William O. Douglas Trail. Started out mid morning and enjoyed a solo hike for a couple of hours before turning back. No one else in sight. Nice breeze, birds ...

Bridle Trails State Park

We just came out here yesterday for the first time ever, and did a nice little 5 mile trail run on the Coyote and Trillium trails. As far as hiking goes, it's nothing really special and I would never ...

Skagit Wildlife Area

My best friend and I were unclear if this was stroller friendly, and to find out that it is! I’ve hunted in this area a few years back and enjoy the area! I look forward to walking this area at least ...

Lime Kiln State Park

Please note: This review is for Lime Kiln State Park on San Juan Island, not the Lime Kiln Trail (near Granite Falls). It could not have been a more beautiful day to explore Lime Kiln State ...

Hanford Reach - North

Plenty of sunshine in the entire WA, but I was looking for some remote hike, so I decided to finally take this one out of my backpack. It’s a long but enjoyable ride from Seattle and very worthy. I ...

Skyline Lake, Skyline Lake Snowshoe

Perfect weather day for a snowshoe outing. With the traffic after the recent snowfall packing down the trail, snowshoes were not needed and we waited to put them on until a bit up the trail. They ...

Dungeness Spit

Driving directions spot on. Good signage on the road. Arrived at the trailhead a little after 9 am. $3 day use fee charged by the refuge. Receipt/permit must be kept with you, not in vehicle. Very ...

Wild Horses Monument, Frenchman Coulee

Ethan, Brenda, Jonah, & I set off for Frenchman Coulee today. On the way we stopped at the Wild Horses Monument and climbed up to the sculptures. None of us had stopped here before & we were quite ...

Pipe Creek Loop Snowshoe

After several heartbreaking, failed attempted at snowshoeing, I was finally able to strap into my new snowshoes and take them for a test ride this weekend off of Pipe Creek. The Pipe Creek ...

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Area

One of my junior adventurers is recovering from knee surgery so we needed a mostly accessible adventure. The Twin Barns Loop Trail was absolutely perfect. All boardwalk with plenty of birds to at ...

Kukutali Preserve

This is a quiet, pretty but small preserve. It has a nice variety of trees, pleasant views, fun beach to walk on and a good variety of birds to see and listen to. The tide was low this morning so ...

Sentinel Mountain

This is mostly a drive up via Rd "R" SW just east of Mattawa. I parked just before the first set set of communication towers at the top of the ridge and planned to walk out the high point about ...

Ragged Ridge

It has been a long-time goal to ski Ragged Ridge. When weekend snow gave way to sunny skies and corresponded with my day off, I made quick plans with a friend to finally make this trip happen! ...

Spruce Railroad Trail

Completed as snow was thawing in spots on a sunny day with the trail in great condition. Soupy in spots, but able to easily walk around and avoid. Perfect day for this hike along the lake.

Hanford Reach - North

We wanted to escape the gloom of western Washington and searched sun in the eastern part of the state. This hike has been on my radar for sometime and this seemed like a great time to do it. It's a ...

Hurricane Ridge Snowshoe

We hiked the hurricane ridge trail with snowshoes and poles. We had a 7 year old hike it with us as well. This was my first time snow shoeing and first hike of the year. Good trail for beginners. ...

Skagit Wildlife Area

Snow geese, snow geese. Saw a lot more snow geese today than last time, it seemed that they all congregated at the same field, they are right off fir island road. but only saw one eagle, one hawk, ...

Dosewallips River Road

We picked a perfect, clear and sunny day for a long but easy hike along the Dosewallips River. We arrived at the trailhead around ten, there were only a few cars there and we were on the road (trail) ...