Free of debris and well maintained.

The Margaret's Way / Debbie's View trails are in great condition from beginning to end. All the downed trees from the November 2024 bomb cyclone are cleared. Thanks WTA volunteers!

To my delight, Douglas squirrels were out in full force today. In a number of spots along the trail, dozens of fresh green Douglas-fir cones lay scattered -- snipped off and dropped by Douglas squirrels darting overhead.

Most of the squirrels greeted me with their usual "Intruder!" warning chatter as I passed, but a few seem unfazed, continuing to gnaw on cones like corn on the cob. 

We were hiking with a 5th grader (who did great but needed some breaks). We started at noon and there was plenty of parking at the trailhead. We clocked 7.55 miles and 1,850 feet of elevation gain on my Garmin Fénix 5. Very scant mosquitos but very muggy weather, especially to start. Beautiful hike where we saw lots of native brown squirrels and heard plenty of birds too. The viewpoint at the top was pretty, but would have been better without the low, hazy clouds hanging around. Would definitely hike again!

This was our first hike in Washington state. No view at Debbie's, but we didn't care - the trail itself was incredible for a basically "in-town" hike. The tiny squirrels were chattering at us. The trees were beautifully draped in fog most of the morning. It seemed that the landscape shifted into more beauty at every turn. We got there around 8:15am and there was plenty of parking. There is a pretty big pot hole as you go from the highway to the parking area.  Huge thank you to everyone who runs this site and does trail reports. Planning a hiking trip from out of town was made 1000% easier because of this site. 

Great shade for hiking in heat. But there was a decent amount of smog/smoke that kept us from the stellar views. The parking lot fills by 8am because it’s free to hike but it usually clears up in the afternoon there’s more spaces. With a puppy in tow, it took about 4.5 hours.

There was a black bear sighting today, it was walking up the hill and quite loud but not interested in people, seemed to be more scared of the chatter from hikers on the trail.