Tinkham Tarns

We drove up to Windy Pass from Hyak on FR 9070 to hike south on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) to Tinkham Tarns, 5 miles round trip with about 1,000 ft of overall gain. This morning we had a beautiful hike through the forest in the fog.

We found ripe huckleberries to eat along the way.

Some of the small ponds we saw along the trail

We took the side trail to the boulder field below Tinkaham Tarns, hiking and scrambling up on the left side of the boulder field, photo as we neared the top of the boulder field

Views of one of the Tinkham Tarns

Views of the other Tinkham Tarn

The clouds were beginning to lift on our hike back to Windy Pass, a view between the trees

Looking back at our trailhead at Windy Pass and Silver Peak at the end of our hike

Frog in the boulder field

some of the wildflowers, berries and fungi we saw along the trail today:

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