We drove out past Roslyn to hike up Hex Mountain, 7 miles round trip with 2,600 ft of gain. On this beautiful frosty day, we only saw 2 other hikers going up while we were coming down. There are lots of downed trees on the trail, particularly on the upper section. We moved lots of branches off the trail.
We saw some golden western larches near the first part of the trail (Cle Elum Lake in the background).
There was lots of hoar frost in the trail this morning.
frost on rhododendron leaves
frost on dried foliage
a few more frosty golden larch trees
The frost made the scenery lovely
On the upper section of the trail, Cle Elum River in the valley below.
red huckleberry leaves in the snow
Almost to the top of Hex Mountain, it was windy today!
view to the northwest, Mt Daniel was hidden by the clouds 
view to the north
zooming in on Mt Stuart and other Enchantment Peaks to the north
zoom of Mt Stuart
View along Hex Mountain looking eastward
view to the south, Cle Elum Lake below
thick frost on fir needles 
On our way back down, we could see Mt Daniel out from the clouds (far right of photo)
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