Second Training Hike

McDonald Mountain's old logging road hike 

 Sept. 12, 2014 near Kangley, WA--This is a pretty rough trail, with several of ups and downs over gullies and berms in the early part of the hike. These gullies and berms are designed to keep the old road from being used. In places the path slopes  steeply enough to justify cutting some foot holds for hikers to keep them from falling. That's what Roger is doing in the photo below.

Roger Matthews cuts out a foot hold on a steep incline

 Map screen capture: Below is Roger's screen capture of the map of the hike, using the mapmyhike software and Web site:

The green box with arrow shows where the hike began.

This was not a high energy day for us. We started at 10 a.m., returned to the trail head at 2 p.m. and traveled only 3.3 miles, with a 1,000 foot elevation gain. Our next hike will be Poo Poo point in Issaquah, on Tuesday, Sept. 17. That will be more challenging.

Highlights for today's hike: Meeting another hiker on the trail who was heading for his summer cabin on the opposite side of the mountain, and encountering a bow hunter looking for his next meal.

Washington Trails Association Web page for the hike: http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/mcdonald-mountain.

Love,

Robert