This Fife's Ridge hike was a last minute decision, it was raining hard on the west side of the Cascade Mountains, first we cancelled our hike, then decided let's head to the east side of the Cascades.
We went hoping to see the Larches turned yellow.
This hike is 8 mile round trip with 3100 ft elevation gain.
We found the trailhead sign nailed to a tree near the parking area near Hwy 410.
This is the only sign we saw along the trail, a trail that would disappear.
Most of the trail was in the forest. Part way up the trail, we found a ledge with some limited views.
We saw yellow larches across the valley.
After this, the hike became a lot steeper and we lost the trail among animal tracks and rocks.
We continued to head uphill and hike by many interesting rock formations.
I didn't make it to the top of the Ridge (almost), Barbara is a stronger hiker, so she went scouting ahead. The clouds were so thick and it had begun to rain, so there was no view that afternoon.
It was getting late, and we wanted to reach the car before dark, so we turned around before I got to the ridge. I took this picture of what I think is Fife's Peaks earlier in the hike.
We got a good workout, and enjoyed our day outside,
and the rain was much lighter on this side of the mountains.
We saw lots of larches along the side of the highway.
