Featured Trip Reports

Yakima Skyline Trail

Just a gorgeous sunny day and a perfect hike up the left ridge of the Yakima River canyon. Somewhat confusing directions (and which are pending WTA approval after corrections) yet you either drive ...

Skyline Trail Loop

My 10 year old son and I snowshoed a short distance above Paradise roughly on the Skyline Trail and picked a spot with a perfect view of the Mountain. The snow was firm, but every few steps I'd ...

Copper Creek Hut Snowshoe

We got invited on two open spots to spend the night at Copper Creek Hut and went for it! The road up is not a huge issue. Lots of pot holes, but any car should be able to make it. You can drive all ...

Guillemot Cove

The clouds broke just after noon, so we headed out to discover the cove and get some pictures. The trail was clean and the hike down to the cove was longer than expected, especially with 30 pounds ...

Horseshoe Bend

it was a rainy day and I chose to stay low because of avy risk and enjoy the sights and sounds of the North Fork Nooksack. the river is *really* moving and this hike certainly showcases the rapids ...

Point Whitehorn

I always wonder how the weather may vary along the coast. Downpour in Everett, Marysville, and Mount Vernon almost made me turn around, but surprisingly the sun was shining in Bellingham area. ...

Hanford Reach - North

We fled the incessant Seattle rain and headed over the pass to Central Washington today. The road heading to the trailhead was fine, and the gravel portion of the road was in good condition with no ...

Frenchman Coulee

Ethan & I headed over to Frenchman Coulee today in search of the predicted afternoon sun. We arrived around 11:00 to mostly cloudy skies. We parked at trailhead on the coulee floor and walked north ...

Snoquera Falls Loop

Beautiful hike. The road was perfectly fine, but there was a small amount of snow to the parking lot. Any car can make it, it was about 20 yards, that's it. We did the loop starting at the obvious ...

Second Beach

My friends and I stopped here after a day of hiking and exploring around Port Angeles! It was just over an hour drive to the trail head, which was packed with cars but had plenty of room due to an ...

Yakima Skyline Trail

See additional links below for more trip photos. I must have refreshed the weather app a thousand times looking for a rain shadow at the crack of dawn while lying in bed. Everywhere east of the ...

Icicle Ridge

I searched all over the state this weekend for where it would be driest with forecasted rain for all of western Washington. Of course over the mountains always looks better, so we opted to look in ...

Baker River

Today we hiked Baker River trail. Road to TH in very good condition, last few miles not paved but you can do it on any car. There are were about 8 cars on parking lot, but on the trail we met less ...

Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge

Hiked 7 miles using auto loop and trails intermittently. Trails are almost snow and ice free with very little standing water also. This is a great place for groups, kids, families or anyone looking ...

Spruce Railroad Trail

Easy hike with great views of Lake Crescent. Just over a mile to the tunnel and the Devil's Punchbowl

Panther Creek Falls

Short and sweet, Panther Creek Falls is quite a treat! The drive up the forest road was uneventful today. We camped along the creek last night and headed to the falls in the morning. It's a quick ...

Wenatchee Crest Snowshoe

This easy snowshoe/ski offers stunning views on easy rolling terrain for miles. On this weekday, I saw only 6 other snowshoers in the 3 hours I was out there. There is about 2 feet of snow, which ...

Skyline Lake Snowshoe

We did a New Year’s day hike up to the lake. You’ll park at the ski resort parking lot and walk over the sky bridge to a service road entrance amongst some little cabins. We got there around 9:30am ...

Second Beach, Rialto Beach and Hole-in-the-Wall

Even though there was rain in the forecast, it ended up being a beautiful day to hike Second Beach and Rialto Beach! I did Second Beach first thing in the morning, got to the trailhead around 9, ...

Kendall Peak Lakes Snowshoe

We went up here today hoping to get in a great snowshoe and see winter wonderland views. We certainly succeeded in having a lovely snowshoe trip, but the views were more of icy fog shrouding the ...

Twin Sisters Rock

This is a good little hike to get your heart pumping a little bit. Hiked with about 3 inches of snow on the ground and it wasn't too bad. The path leading up to the Twin Sisters is pretty well ...

Nooksack Cirque

We were hoping that the roads would not be too icy, but were shocked to find that they were bare and dry in Skagit and Whatcom Counties. Only the last two miles of North Fork Road had compact snow ...

Spruce Nature Trail (Hoh), Hall of Mosses

Winter is the perfect time to visit the Hoh, specially when you can find a day when it's not raining. This weekend we did and did the Spruce Nature Trail and Hall of Moses, coming in at about 2 miles ...

Artist Point Snowshoe

Went up for an early AM snowshoe with a meetup group. Road up was in good shape, compact snow and ice in places, but plowed and sanded--numerous 2WD vehicles on the road and in the parking lot. ...

Mount St. Helens - Worm Flows Route

If you can hike this trail before the next round of weather hits - do so. I was initially a little worried since it was cold and windy at the trailhead. But up top it was perfect. The trail is in ...

Horse Heaven Hills

First time hiking this trail and really enjoyed the hike with my wife. We took the left, more leisurely trail on the way up. It was pretty flat and not very steep. There were many great views and ...

Middle Fork Snoqualmie River, Pratt River Trail

Took advantage of a break in the weather to drive to the end of the paved section of the Middle Fork Road. They are still doing a little work, cones and a couple of signs where they blasted the rock ...

Snow Lake

We arrived at the parking lot about 10 am. The road was clear of snow, a few potholes here and there but overall the road was in pretty good condition. There were a few cars there but plenty of ...

High Hut Snowshoe

This was the most beautiful hike I have done in Washington hands down. It helped that we hiked in on a clear evening for the sunset and had a clear morning to witness the sunrise. We rented ...

East Bank Baker Lake

Always have a backup plan! I tried to access both Park and Dock Butte before being turned around by snow on the road, but luckily I had decided to do Baker Lake if I couldn't get to either trailhead. ...