Really nice trail through the woods. The peak of the trail does not end with a view; it's just more woods. It is still really pretty - just not what we expected. The trail was not busy at all compared to others in the area.

Easy hike with a 5-year old.

Came to the "west side" of the cascades to avoid spring snow and meet up with friends. This is a nice hiking area considering its location to the city but it certainly lacks the grandness of my idea of what a great mountain hike is. Whittaker Peak is not really a peak at all, its the highest point on a forrested hill, and Doughty Falls had hardly any water running over it even so early in the year. The trail is well maintained, definitely has some challenge to it as far as elevation goes, while still being hikable by a 5 year old in our group.

Went up Gombu Wilderness Cliffs Trail, over to the 'peak' and down Whittaker Wilderness Peak trail. For a weekday hike, I saw more cars than I expected! Once on the hike, I saw a few parties, but it wasn't terribly busy. The trail was in good condition, a bit steep in places :P but good. The top has no view, but the whole thing was lovely and lush and green.

Today, I did my first hike of 2016 with the Whittaker Wilderness Peak trail and I'm so glad that I did. It's a great hike to get you back in the swing of things! Pretty good elevation gain but it's sometimes hardly noticeable. After 1.5 miles, you get to a fork in the road. You have three choices, You can either go forward: which connects you to the Shy bear trail, which takes you to a look out for 1.7 miles. You can go right: which takes you to the Whittaker Wilderness Peak for .4 miles and you get to contribute to the journal. Or you can go left: which takes you to the Longview peak trail where you can connect to the railroad trail or takes you down to Doughty Falls for .6 miles, a small waterfall, and also can connect you to Deceiver trail. When I got to the fork, I decided to go right and finish the trail, where I got to write in the journal and relax on the beautiful bench they've built. Then I went back down and made my way to Doughty Falls, and then back to the fork where I wrapped up my hike and went back where I came from. Over all, a beautiful hike with tons of little bridges, well maintained paths, good signage, and the option to extend your hike. The parking lot is big enough for I'd say 12 cars. I started my hike a little after 10am and finished around 1pm. I walked by 2 hikers on my way up, and didn't come across anyone until my last mile back down, where I passed by 9 hikers already making their way up, and few new cars pulling into the lot. Happy hiking y'all!