Yelm to Tenino Rails to Trails Hike

10.9 miles of hiking • 250' elevation gain •

My knee wasn't feeling too well after yesterdays hike, so we tried out a new Rails-to-Trails hike. This trail is 14.5 miles long and is asphalted and is paralleled by a busy road (didn't know it would be). I was hoping there would be either gravel or bark chips on the side of the trail, but this wasn't the case. We tried staying off the asphalt as much as possible but the area on the side of the trail was slightly sloped. We did find a normal dirt trail early on in the hike and this proved to be a very nice experience with a nice stream and mini falls. We even had a nice view of a small lake on this trail. The trail continued but we explored this area on the return and didn't have much time. The area near McIntosh Lake was very pretty though!

It was definitely worth the experience but we'll be staying with the graveled rails to trails hikes (Klickitat/Swale, Deschutes, etc...) in the future. On another note, this is an excellent bike trail and there were plenty of bikers (plenty of walkers with dogs too)!

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