Elementalfx’s Trip Reports
Explore 6 Trip Reports (trail reviews) by MyHikes contributor, Elementalfx
Takhlakh Lake and Takh Takh Meadows
Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Skamania County, WA
Skamania County, WA
0.5
miles
/ 0.8 km
August 09, 2019
Short walk for a few late afternoon views of Mt Adams (with thunderstorms brewing over the mountain).
Hiking
Takhlakh Lake and Takh Takh Meadows
Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Skamania County, WA
Skamania County, WA
2.3
miles
/ 3.7 km
August 10, 2019
Loop around Takhlakh Lake (the portion we missed on our first hike, because of incoming thunderstorms), with a short excursion to the base of the lava flow.
Hiking
Columbia Hills Vista Loop Trail
Columbia Hills State Historical Park
Centerville, WA
Centerville, WA
1.0
mile
/ 1.6 km
June 06, 2018
Started from the Dalles Mountain Ranch Trailhead, at the northern part of the loop. Didn't do the whole loop, just wanted to see the basalmroot in bloom for some photography, and see how they were doing too. The blooms were already starting to fade.
Hiking
Shorthorn Trail to Shorthorn Butte (Point 6227)
Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Yakima County, WA
Yakima County, WA
6.9
miles
/ 11.1 km
June 11, 2016
Hiked up in early June. Some snow remained in the flatter section before Shorthorn Creek. No snow on the way up to there, but snow began at the first meadow, sometimes called "Shorthorn Meadow." No snow after Crofton Creek, but snow starting once again on the west side of the ridge line at the RTM junction. Didn't hike to the butte, because of bad weather and snow moving in. The off trail section would have been in snow drifts, too, if we had went.
Hiking
Buck Creek-Wicky Creek Loop
Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Trout Lake, WA
Trout Lake, WA
7.8
miles
/ 12.6 km
June 04, 2016
Hiked this in late spring on a 90° hot day in 2016. The loop can get rather hot and dry, so I recommend doing it on a cooler day.
In 2017, I re-did this hike in fall, to see the quaking aspen grove and the vine maples displaying their fall colors.
Hiking
Bennet Pass Road Snowshoe and Cross-Country Ski Trail
Mount Hood National Forest
Mount Hood, OR
Mount Hood, OR
3.9
miles
/ 6.3 km
January 07, 2018
On our second trip, we went cross-country skiing instead (last time was a snowshoe). We kept going, past the first initial viewpoint, to the base of the switchbacks that precedes the Terrible Traverse. The Terrible Traverse is a knife-edge section of the road that travels along the edge of the ridgeline.
Cross-Country Skiing
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