Mount Walker

Another quick trail condition update: there is a sizable tree down across the trail about 1/4 mile from the trailhead. Otherwise, the trail was clear with a very light dusting of snow at the summit.

Just a quick update since my trip report last week: the trail is now snow-free start to finish (and otherwise in great shape).

I usually don't write a report when I take a trip up this one, because there's not often a lot to say about it. I thought I'd write this one, though, because I didn't expect any snow, and I wished I h...

Not even the slightest bit of snow until hardly a dusting at 2750 feet, practically at the top. Even then, it wasn’t on the trail. Quite a few cars at 10:45 when I arrived in the morning, but not so m...

We did a quick zip up Mt Walker in the morning.  The lower gate by the highway was open, but the gate a quarter-mile up the road was closed for the winter.  There's parking by the upper gate.The trail...

Hiked up for beautiful views above the low-lying fog. It's not that long of a hike so there is pretty good turnover at the parking lot and it didn't seem too crowded despite quite a few people out enj...

What a gorgeous day to be out on Hood canal. Not much I can add to the other trip reports. Yup, the trail is pretty unrelenting, which makes for great winter conditioning (basically 2000 feet gain in ...

Arrived at the trailhead around 6:45 AM and parked near the closed gate. The trail begins with a noticeable incline in the first mile, then gets steeper and then maintains a steady, sustained climb up...

Dry clear trail.  Quiet without a soul on the uphill. Views of the Olympics were beautiful despite some low hanging clouds.

The trail is in great shape. There was a dusting of snow on the plants near the top, but not on the actual trail, until the very top, where there was a covering of snow on the open surface of the nort...