Little Ranger Peak via Ranger Creek, Palisades — Sunday, May. 6, 2018

We hiked from the start of the Little Ranger Peak trail just off the 410, just across the road and a few hundred feet north of the Skookum Flats Trailhead.

A lot of the trail direction signs were not there, either fallen down or destroyed. The signs in general were very poor and vague to begin with.

The trail up to Little Ranger peak was a little tricky in sections because of the fallen trees you had to climb over, the snow (spikes would be beneficial in short sections), the washed away trail that was sometimes hard to see where it was. We hiked down the loop trail via the Palisades and the waterfalls. The different types of forests we walked through on the way back was great, never seen so many trilliums in my life. 

The burned sections were impressive and different to see. Nature is coming back.

The views from the top were amazing, looking down on the airport with the snow capped mountains in the distance.

We saw less than ten other people on the whole trail, some of those were bikers that couldn't get to the top.

The hike was about 16 miles, less than about nine hours. I loved it.