Snow Peak — Sunday, Sep. 4, 2016

Eastern Washington > Okanogan Highlands/Kettle River Range

This was our first experience in the Colville National Forest, and it truly was a great one. There were two adults and a dog in our hiking group. We rented out the cabin on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend for a quick overnight trip. We arrived at the trail just before 1pm on Sunday, which was later than we were intending, but it was about a 4 hour drive to the trail from Pullman. The first mile to the intersection went by very quickly. We even had a close encounter with a very large doe, but once she realized we were there she darted off. At the intersection we decided to go right along the Sherman Loop Trail. Once we intersected again a few miles later, we stayed to the right/straight heading towards the cabin. The elevation gain throughout the entire trail is pretty gentle and the views were beautiful. We did not notice the last spring that was mentioned in the description as we came up to the cabin, but that very well could just be the fact we missed it. We had brought plenty of water with us, so this was not a concern. Weather wise, we didn't pick the best day. Most of the hike was spent hiking though hail, rain, and a thunderstorm, but once we made it to the cabin it started clearing up. The cabin is absolutely darling and we definitely enjoyed our stay. I highly recommend renting the cabin, we would love to come back here again! We ended up leaving the cabin around 9:30am on Monday morning and made it back to our car by 11:30am.