Hex Mountain

We drove to the Sasse Mountain Trail #1340 near Cle Elum Lake to hike up to Hex Mountain, 5 miles round trip with 1,400 ft of overall gain. We had lovely views and a variety of wildflowers on a sunny day. We only saw one other hiker and no motorbikes today. The trail is a mixture of open forest, old burn area and open slopes on Hex Mountain. We had views of Cle Elum Lake many areas of this hike

There were many wildflowers in bloom including scarlett gilia and buckwheat as seen here

View of Hex Mountain as we neared the top

Views from the top of Hex Mountain, looking eastward along the route we hiked up

View to the northeast, with zooms of Mount Stuart and other Enchantment Peaks

View to the northwest with a zoom of Mt Hinman and Mt Daniel

View to the southwest Cle Elum Lake and a zoom of Mt Rainier

We also saw butterflies

some of the wildflowers seen along the trail today