Beautiful and strenuous winter scramble with views of the SW aspect of Mt Rainier.
Because of flood warnings, and saturated soils the trip was canceled and will be rescheduled for May 6th, 2017.
One day scramble conditioner in heavy snow conditions.
Hardy group persevered despite challenging conditions and weather.
Pleasant trip, light rain, trail moist with a few mud puddles easily avoided. Falls in full force. came back by Mima Falls Tie trail-campground trail to make a loop hike.
Very pretty woodland hike. Cougar Falls has a good flow of water right now.
A quiet early evening on well maintained trails with four bridge crossings, including one on the Historic Register. The ravine is magic, tucked in a busy, growing city -- a grand display of native plants and second growth trees, some at eye level on the high bridge.
After a long hard climb, we were ultimately stymied a hundred feet below the summit by cornices and cliffs. But everyone loved the climb anyway.
Despite the occasional showers moving through, it was a nice walk. It did not disappoint - a lot of variety of birds to view from meadow to tree to waterfowl to eagles/hawks/falcons. It was my first time to the refuge and well worth it.
Primary trail closed. Bird nest trail mostly OK--some blowdown and trail indistinct in places. Turned around at trail closure, about 2400 ft elevation.
Regrettably I was not able to make this work party due to a family emergency. I will be looking to help at a later date.
Wonderful outing. It must have rained everywhere but Whidbey Island on this day.
At last, the weather was our friend. Nice winter scramble
Lovely evening up and down and up and down West Madrona. First time we'd seen Bellevue bathed in alpen glow at sunset across a still Lake Washington.
Trip canceled due to insufficient participants. Good trail conditions on 3/18-19 scouting trip.