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Beautiful day to wander the Wallula trails. The trails are not marked in the most obvious manner, but the main trails are in great condition and looked recently maintained. I was able to traverse from this trailhead to Two Sisters, but I wouldn’t recommend it if you haven’t done much scrambling. Also, it’s super easy to end up on private land — do some digging on your favorite public land map before attempting to traverse across the park. Also, you’ll be bushwhacking thru goat heads. Have fun!! Saw a few people near Two Sisters, but otherwise had the whole place to myself. I didn’t see any snakes, but there were lots of fire ants. I got one single sting, which was odd. Usually they hunt in packs.
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We thought the trailhead was going to be difficult to find but it was easy. If you type into Google Maps "Twin Sister Rock" it will lead you to the right place. We overthought it cuz the last trip report said it was barely a trailhead and ended up pulling off too early and hiking the wrong trail. You need to drive past the sign that says "The History of Wallula" if you are coming from Pasco or Walla Walla, and it'll be shortly after. I would say there's about 10 parking spots in front of Twin Sisters. You can see the rock formations off the road.
The hike itself is easy enough. There are a bit f loose rocks if you are going up to the actual rock formations. You can also walk the circumference of the rock and there's a thick cable to hold on to. I would say in total, this stop was about 30 min. It's a short hike, but really neat and beautiful area to hike around. The Columbia River is right there.
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Twin Sisters is a small, fairly steep trail starting directly off Hwy 730 outside of Pasco, WA. There is minimal parking and no real indication the trail is there except for the Heritage Marker on the side of the road. Once you find the Heritage Marker, you can't miss the trail.
The trail has loose rock and gravel so can be slippery at times. It leads you right up the crevise between the 2 "sister" pillars which affords fantastic views. One pillar has a cable to hold on to for circumnavigating. The other does not but it is possible to fully go around each pillar.
From beyond the rocks, it is possible to explore the open land behind the trail to possibly make this a little longer outing as this is not really a "hiking trail" so much as a road side attraction.
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The trailhead lies just off the freeway marked by a large sign telling the legend of the Twin Sisters rocks. This is less of a hike, and more of a short exploration of a some gorgeous scenery overlooking a river gorge. As you start on the trail you're greeted on your left by the Twin Sisters rocks overlooking you, with a steep rocky wall forming your left handrail. To your right a rock wall rises into a jagged gravel peninsula overlooking the parking area. When you round the hill the scene unfolds until a hilly field that reminded me of a very Lord of the Rings feel, there were even a couple shacks off in the distance.
The actual trail leading up to the Twin Sisters rocks is steep, but very short making for an easy ascent. The ground is loose though, and the area is exposed and open to fast winds. I actually slipped as I was coming down, and earned a minor scrape on my forearm.
We had a great time walking around snapping photos, there was no physical challenge or time commitment in getting to the views, allowing us to focus on taking good photos of the scenery. We had hoped for more wildflowers, but the ones we found were exceedingly beautiful. The wind was pretty crazy, and a lot of the trail was formed by loose rocks and gravel, but nothing was particularly difficult to traverse. A great gem in Eastern WA.