We drove out on the Salmon La Sac Road to hike up Hex Mountain today. On the way we saw this herd of elk besides the road. It was icy, so we wore micro spike from where we parked the car on the side of the road and throughout our hike today. The snow was mostly firm packed, we post holed in a few areas. We took a wrong turn near the beginning of the hike, but soon realized our error and turned around. Overall, 7.75 miles with 2,600 ft of gain.
View looking over at Cle Elum Lake from where the summer trail leaves the closed forest service road, about 1.7 miles up the forest road.
Further up, we can see the top of Hex Mountain
view to the northwest, lit up in the far distance is Mount Hinman and Mount Daniel
zoom of Mount Hinman and Mount Daniel
View from the top of Hex Mountain towards the south/southeast, it was very cold and windy, so we only stayed up long enough to take photos.
to the west Cle Elum Lake
to the northeast Teanaway Peaks
more peaks to the northwest
short steep route down off of the top of Hex Mountain
Love hikes, where we hike into the views on our way back, we took a lunch break when the wind settled down for a while. We returned to the car by the time the snow started to fall.
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