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!
Comments
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!
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. ;-)