This Weeks Hike

Difficulty: Easy        County: Skagit
Distance: 1.0 to 2.0 miles
Upper Loop/Bluff Trail
Sharpe Park/Montgomery-Duban Headlands boasts 110 acres of forest and about a mile of shoreline.

Even on the worst of days, this hike is worth the effort. The trail is muddy and standing water the norm, but the scenery along the way more than makes up for damp feet.

This hike incorporates the Sharpe Park Trail, Upper Loop Trail,…  


Past Hikes

Terrace Creek Park
Difficulty: Easy      County: Snohomish      Distance: 1.0 to 2.0 miles

This trail isn’t going to win many beauty prizes. But it has its scenic spots. It’s an urban trail that gets a lot of use — both legal and illegal. There were…

Rodeo Trail
Difficulty: Moderate      County: Kittitas      Distance: 1.0 to 2.0 miles

This time of the year, there is no shortcut to Winthrop. With Highway 20 closed for the winter, it’s the roundabout trek or nothing.

But the long…

Island County Woodland Trail
Difficulty: Easy      County: Island      Distance: 1.0 to 2.0 miles

The trailhead is a bit tricky to find. As you drive uphill on the unsigned road, keep an eye out for a road that heads steeply into the woods. This is the route…

View Ridge Trail
Difficulty: Moderate      County: Okanogan      Distance: 1.0 to 2.0 miles

This time of the year, there is no shortcut to Winthrop. With Highway 20 closed for the winter, it’s the roundabout trek or nothing.

But the long…

Chickadee Trail
Difficulty: Moderate      County: Okanogan      Distance: 1.0 to 2.0 miles

This time of the year, there is no shortcut to Winthrop. With highway 20 closed, it’s the roundabout trek or nothing.

The long ride is certainly worth…

Scudder Pond Loop
Difficulty: Easy      County: Whatcom      Distance: 1.0 to 2.0 miles

The area boasts a plethora of trails as well as waterfalls for hikers to enjoy. This loop trail is just a portion of what is available.

The Trek:

Scriber Lake Trail
Difficulty: Easy      County: Snohomish      Distance: 2.1 to 4.0 miles

Prepare to get your feet wet, particularly this time of the year.

Scriber Lake is 22 acres of prime marsh/wetland. The trail lays upon a massive peat…

Tulalip Bay
Difficulty: Easy      County: Snohomish      Distance: 1.0 to 2.0 miles

The Tulalip Bay area proclaims itself to be the “Heart of the Tulalip Indian Reservation.”

Known as “A walk with the Ancestors,” this path was…

Elger Bay Preserve
Difficulty: Easy      County: Snohomish      Distance: 1.0 to 2.0 miles

There are a pair of trailheads off Dry Lake Road — one on each side of the road. For the purposes of this hike, take the trailhead on the left (south) side. There…

St. Cloud Ranch
Difficulty: Easy      County: Skamania      Distance: Less than 1 mile

Settlers arriving in the early 1800s on the Oregon Trail claimed, cleared and cultivated the area, changing the landscape of cottonwood and rushes to pasture and…

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