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5 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain •

(Dec 31) One last hike this year. We hit snow around 1000 feet elevation. It was packed down and icy. Traction helped. There was about a foot of snow at the summit and bright blue, sunny skies!

After the hike, we drove to Lookout State Park on the coast, walked a couple miles on Netarts Spit, and carried on a sort of tradition for us the last few years - to watch the sun set on the Pacific on the final day of the year. A nice ending to a pretty good year -- I am so glad to have met some great new trail friends this year! --And, I am incredibly grateful for every second of every minute of every mile I spent hiking this year. Every day out there was a gift!

Cheers to 2016!

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Karl hearts this trip.

Karl
January 1, 2016

Probably the most picturesque photos I've ever seen on Kings! (I think I even see the ocean in one of them. ;-)

Mountainkat
January 1, 2016

Thanks, Karl. It the most beautiful we have ever seen it there! Glad we caught it before the snow melts from the trees!