A somewhat urban hike in a different biome. I wanted to do the Yakima Skyline trail while I was in the area, but I read that the road was rough. I don't have a good trail car since I sold my Jeep. So, I looked for something else with a better road. Google helped me find this trail. I still drove around in a circles a bit while looking for the trail head since SIRI had never heard of it.
I knew there was a side trail to a winery and I wanted to start there for car trail head security. I was on the road, so I actually I had some valuable stuff in my car. I left half in my car and half in the hotel. I found the East Canyon trail head before I found the winery trail so that is where I started.
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I had the trail mostly to myself at first. As I got near the far trail head the crowds picked up but were still not too bad.
After hitting the Wast trail head and turning back I headed up the winery trail. I had a glass of wine and cooked ramen at the top. The wine cost $7.00 for one glass. I cooked my ramen kind of on the sly as I knew it would leave a temporary mark in the grass.
This was not my typical hike at all. I had a great time seeing and doing something new. The skies were so blue here too.
The trail got really crowded as I reached the end of my hike and the parking lot was so full that I was almost blocked in.
7 miles with 300 feet elevation gain
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