Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Ellinor

Friday was the yearly trip to Mt. Ellinor, this time with Matt, Matt, and Matt's brother Steven. It was a beautiful day, really warm with record-highs, and a great view. The Ellinor hike is short and quick, but it's extremely steep and my legs took a bit of a beating.

The hardest leg of the hike in my opinion is an open meadow full of wildflowers: The steep go of it is well worth it when you see the summit view:
We scrambled around at the summit for about an hour.
On the return trip we chose a harder way down than the trail:


4 comments:

WAKonings said...

I've got to disagree. The hardest part of the hike is about the halfway point, just after you break out of the trees. The sun hits you and beats you like a silly circus monkey.

kristin said...

hardest part of ellinor? all those millions of rocky steps right after you pass the open meadow. you're so close you can taste it, but with each weighty step, you're just WISHING you were that silly circus monkey!

mike kramer said...

excellent photos. i like the one of you standing over the precipice.

Leanne said...

So I realized I left the blogging world for awhile ... but I'm back in full force. I miss you, Tom! I hopr things are going well out there in WA! Horse Camp misses you ...