Gold Creek - Devils Slide — Sunday, Jun. 12, 2016

Central Washington > Yakima

Ethan & I took a hike on the Gold Creek trail on this sunny, mild day with a cool breeze at times. On the way up we spent some time at various view points along the top of Devil's Slide. There was lots of goat sign, but no sign of the goats themselves. We then headed up to the top of the ridge and the Bald Mtn Rd. Once there we took the road south almost as far as Bald Mtn. After maybe an hour for lunch, we headed back the way we came. The Gold Creek trail is open to motorized use and follows old (or not so old) 2-track for about half of its length and some of these stretches were quite rocky. It can also be quite a maze of old & newer roads at times. The only vehicle we saw, however, was a 4-wheeler on the Bald Mtn Rd. These detriments were more than offset by the green hillsides, wildflowers, & views of Mt Rainier, Nelson Ridge, the Goat Rocks, & Mt Adams.