9 miles of hiking • 2000' elevation gain •
Today's overcast skies and slight drizzle made for an almost perfect day on Coyote Wall. We arrived at the trailhead around 9:40am, and found about 20 cars parked in the dirt lot next to the trailhead and along the road. It seemed that there were more hikers on the trails today than mountain bikers. The lower meadows had some wildflowers. The upper meadows were in bloom with balsamroot and lupine. All along the way, we had spectacular view of the Columbia river both east and west of Mosier. Once we got to the upper meadow, we followed the dirt road to a lookout towards Hood River. Then it was back down the road to the trailhead.
