Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility Trails

We drove up to the Visitor Center at the Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility, east of Ellensburg, and discovered there were 3 connected short trails with wildflowers in bloom. We hiked down the Bitterroot Trail (1 mile round trip/185 ft loss then gain), continued down the Bluebird Canyon Trail (1.7 mile round trip/ 315 ft loss then gain), returned up to the start and went out on the Ridgeline Solar Trail (2.4 miles round trip/320 ft gain then loss). After a lunch break at the picnic tables at the visitor center, we went part way back down the Bitterrroot Trail to find that several of the bitterroot flowers had opened up, they are so beautiful. Overall, we hiked 5.5 miles/850 ft of gain. Beautiful with the wildflowers in bloom, but very windy!

horned toad lizard

Bitterroot blosssoms above and some of the other wildflowers we saw in bloom below: