Field trip: GoHike: Beginner Hiking Course
April Hikes: 2.5 - 5 miles, 250 - 1,000 feet gain - Woodard Bay
This hike counts toward your monthly required GoHike course April trip at a pace (1.5 - 2 mph) and distance you can complete comfortably. This trip is designed to assist you in developing your goals for conditioning and hiking. And Woodard Bay is a lovely, easy hike next to a blue heron rookery and ocean views!
Contacts
- Sat, Apr 18, 2026
- Foothills Hiking Committee
- Day Hiking
- Adults, All Who Qualify
- Easy
- Easy
- Mileage: 2.4 mi
- Elevation Gain: 250 ft
- Pace: 1.5 - 2.0 mph
- 4 (8 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Fri, Mar 6, 2026 at 8:00 AM
- Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
- iCal Google
Meet at 9:00am at the Woodard Bay Nature conservancy parking lot. It is right on the water near the kayak put-in (so if you are near the bike trail you are in the wrong place!) You will need a Discover Pass!
We will leave at 9:10 sharp, so please arrive in plenty of time to get ready and check-in with the group at 9:00 a.m. There are no bathrooms at the trailhead so you may need to drive to the Chehalis/Yelm bike trailhead which is about 1/2 mile past the Kayak Launch trailhead where we start. There will be bathrooms after the first mile of hiking.
Required Equipment
Your leader will send out a Hello Hiker email prior to the hike with details on the hike and recommended and required equipment.