Hike of the Month

Hike of the Month Columbia Mountain

Columbia Mountain on the Kettle Crest should be on a hiker’s list for all seasons, but is an especially nice option for a challenging snowshoe ...
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Hike of the Month: Crab Creek (Harrington, Wash)

The shrub steppe is perfect hiking terrain for shoulder season: it is seldom difficult to access as late fall transitions into real winter, with crisp ...
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Hike of the Month: Hughes Fork and Jackson Creek

(Selkirk Mountains, North Idaho) Hughes Fork and Jackson Creek share a trailhead near Hughes Meadows in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest. Each can be a ...
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Hike of the Month

Antoine Peak’s Etter Ranch It’s not often I have an opportunity to promote a trail so new that it doesn’t have a name yet, but, ...
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Hike of the Month: Wenas Wildlife Area

This area has fantastic wildflower blooms, starting with grass widows, yellow fawn lilies, and Columbia desert parsley and giving way to arrowleaf balsamroot and phlox ...
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Hike of the Month: Kirkwood Ranch

Spring is prime time in the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, and arrives a bit earlier there than most other locations in the Pacific Northwest. ...
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Mill Butte's forest views -- forest with grassy understory, and single track hiking trail.

Hiking Mill Butte – NW Wash.

Mill Butte Trail is a 4.8-mile forested hike, located in the Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge in NE Wash. Great for a fall hike!
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View looking up at the top of western larch trees.

Hike To Big Tree Botanical Area (NE Wash.)

Hike to Big Tree Botanical Area in the Colville National Forest, located in NE Wash., starting from Lost Lake Campground.
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View from the trail, looking northeast, near Maple Mountain.-- subalpine fir trees and bunch grass in the foreground, green and brown rolling hills in the background, blue sky and puffy white clouds.

Hike Sweat Creek Basin Trail to Maple Mountain

Spring day hike near Republic, WA: Sweat Creek Basin Trail to Maple Mountain -- with options to plan a backpacking trip.
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