Trip
Day Hike - Lower Mad River
This out and back trail starts in a flowery river canyon and then climbs to flowery ponderosa pine meadows.
Contacts
- Tue, May 2, 2023
- Foothills Hiking Committee
- Day Hiking
- Adults
- Easy/Moderate, Strenuous
- Challenging
- Mileage: 13.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 2,400 ft
- High Point Elevation: 2,300 ft
- Pace: 1.5-1.75 MPH average moving speed
- 1 (12 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
9:00 at https://goo.gl/maps/DEHRZ5CJwTULGKBj6 50 minutes from downtown Wenatchee
Our route https://caltopo.com/m/4PN40
There will be daily hikes posted between April 28th and May 12th. They will all be close to Wenatchee. They are being selected and (hopefully) timed for wildflowers.
These hikes will be at a relaxed pace with time for observation, photography, etc. We will be spending most of the day on the trail.
All of the trailheads can be easily reached by a sedan.
Ticks, rattlesnakes, and hot weather are possibilities.
I might have to switch hikes around based on conditions. Some trails can be closed if it is too muddy, I may switch from an exposed to a somewhat forested hike on a very hot day, etc.
It looks like it will be a very good year for Wenatchee flowers. As of this posting, precipitation is about 20% higher than average. :-) https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/climate/yeardisp.php?stn=KEAT&wfo=otx&year=2022&span=Water+Year
Required Equipment
- Navigation
- Headlamp
- Sun protection
- First aid
- Knife
- Fire
- Shelter
- Extra food
- Extra water
- Extra clothes