THREE HIKING SISTERS, we love to hike together, but we don't all live in the same state. Sometimes it is only two of us, and sometimes we hike with others. This is a record of some of our hikes.
Showing posts with label 5 mile hike. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 5 mile hike. Show all posts
Sunday, July 27, 2025
Noble Knob
We drove up to the Dalles Ridge Trailhead from FSR 72 and 7250 to hike to Noble Knob, 5 miles round trip with 750 ft of overall gain. We started in the clouds that turned to mostly blue skies. Lovely wildflowers along our route, with a great grouping at the trailhead. 
We had limited viewsfor over a mile as we hiked through the forest on the Dalles Ridge Trail, due to the clouds, until we joined the Noble Knob Trail.
As we headed up Noble Knob, we started getting glimpses of Mt Rainier through the clouds
Some views as we headed up Dalles Ridge
We took a lunch break at this rock formation and had a great view of Mt Rainier (zoom)
Lake George below us
On our hike back through the burnt forest, we had some nice views:
looking back up at Noble Knob
A cloud coveerd Mt Rainer to the south (second photo is a zoom)
To the north other Cascade Mountains and a zoom of Mount Stuart
A woodpecker and another bird that sat on trees long enough to get zoom photos
some of the wildflowers seen along the trail today:
Friday, July 18, 2025
Bean Creek Basin
Drove up to the Beverly Turnpike Trailhead in the Teanaways to hike up to Bean Creek Basin to view the wildflower filled meadows. I have never seen so many monkshead in bloom, so cool! 5 miles round trip with 2,100 ft gain. View of Beverly Creek from the bridge at the start of the trail. 
There were some patches of wildflowers along the trail
A waterfall along Bean Creek
Views in Bean Creek Basin
two of the many butterflies seen today:
ripe huckleberries along the trail
Monkshood
some of the other wildflowers seen along thet trail today:
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