Umtanum Falls and Black Canyon

Jay Adventure!, Central and Eastern Washington, Day Hiking , , , , , , 0 Comment

This was an event I sponsored last October for my hiking club - the Peninsula Wilderness Club.  A lot of the events my club puts on are really close to home, which usually means the Olympic Mountains so I was excited to find out that there was 11 of us on this particular outing to Eastern Washington. I had been to both areas a few years ago so it was fun to be able to share them with my club friends. I think I might do something similar with the club next year, but this time it will probably be at the other end of Umtanum Creek where it flows into the Yakima River.

 

Umtanum Falls trailhead
Umtanum Falls
Group shot at Umtanum Falls
Barb goofing around on some rocks near Umtanum Falls
Hiking above Umtanum Canyon
Starting up the Black Canyon trail
Starting up the Black Canyon trail
Hiking up the Black Canyon trail
Hiking up the Black Canyon trail
Abandoned cabin in Black Canyon
Abandoned cabin in Black Canyon
Abandoned cabin in Black Canyon
Leaving Black Canyon, we followed the trail until we got to the top of Umtanum Ridge.
Ellensburg from the top of Umtanum Ridge.
Umtanum Ridge.
Taking a break at the top of Umtanum Ridge.
Following the road atop Umtanum Ridge.
Following the road atop Umtanum Ridge.
Following the road atop Umtanum Ridge.
The green and yellow patch near the center of the picture is Black Canyon. We hiked from there and were returning via a loop that followed along the ridge for a ways.
Desert bouquet. Snowing in the distance.
Black Canyon
Black Canyon - snowing in the distance
Black Canyon - snowing in the distance
Hiking along the ridge
Dropping down from the ridge
Following the road back down to Black Canyon.
Black Canyon.
Following the road back down to Black Canyon.
Black Canyon
Aspens of Black Canyon
Aspens of Black Canyon
Aspens of Black Canyon
Snow in the distance

This is the combined map of both areas we hiked.

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