Whistler Canyon Trail — Friday, Dec. 6, 2013

Eastern Washington > Okanogan Highlands/Kettle River Range

The trail head is very good, well marked with good interpretive signs. As soon as I pulled up movement caught my eye up on the rock face, and there were the longhorns, climbing up. I am super grateful I am doing this in the winter, snakes are my kryptonite! The initial climb on the switchbacks are very steep, and with the temperatures around 10 degrees, with a whistling wind it was a literal breath-taker! I chickened out of going all the way to the frog pond, as I was walking all I could think of was the guy who was killed by a longhorn a year or so ago in the Olympics. So I stuck close and took photo's of them from afar. I will be going back soon, hopefully when the snow comes!