Cherry Creek Falls Hike
The Cherry Creek Falls hike is a beautiful half day hike. At 5 miles and 500 feet of elevation gain, it’s a good workout but not extremely steep. There is Read More …
Category: Hiking
Recommended hikes around the Pacific Northwest, mostly in Western Washington
Iron Horse Trail in North Bend
I’ve been spending quite a bit of time on the Iron Horse Trail in North Bend (recently renamed the Palouse to Cascades Trail) recently, because it’s a good place for Read More …
Taylor Mountain Hike: Peaceful forest close to town
This little known trail, the Taylor Mountain hike, provides a mellow, quiet walk in the forest with about 500 feet of elevation gain over 5 miles, an excellent half day Read More …
Twin Falls Hike: Stunning Waterfall close to Seattle
At 3 miles round trip and with about 500 feet of elevation gain, the Twin Falls hike is a good half day hike option close to Seattle with a stunning Read More …
Cougar Mountain Licorice Fern Trail: Quiet Forest
The Cougar Mountain Licorice Fern trail is a mellow forest walk without many people in Cougar Mountain Regional Park. At about 4 miles round trip and with 200 feet of Read More …
Cutthroat Lake Hike in North Cascades: Easy Larches!
Looking for a relatively easy hike to see the gorgeous orange larch trees of North Central Washington? Previously I talked about Blue Lake, and the Cutthroat lake hike at 4 Read More …
McClellan Butte Hike: Super hard and rewarding
By now you likely know that I don’t normally write about hard hikes, since I like to keep things low key. I do enjoy a super hard hike now and Read More …
Talapus Lake Hike near Snoqualmie Pass
The very popular Talapus lake hike is a 4 mile round trip with a bit under 1000 feet of elevation gain mellow hike to a lake within the Alpine Lakes Read More …
Talus Loop hike: something different on Mt Si
I’ve written before about reasons NOT to hike the Mt Si trail, but recently I set out to explore a few of the other trails from that same trailhead, now Read More …
Asahel Curtis Nature Trail: I-90 Leg Stretch
The Asahel Curtis Nature Trail is a surprisingly gorgeous and nature packed trail given it’s short length (one mile), less than 200 feet of elevation gain, and it’s location right Read More …