8 miles of hiking • 2000' elevation gain •
First time to Silver Star, and maybe my expectations were too high. The road was terrible, and the trail itself was rough and unspectacular. Logging on the WA Larch Mountain was depressing. On the plus side, I very much liked the views of Strugeon Rock when the trail opened up about halfway up, and of course the summit was quite nice, with closeups of the Indian Heaven Wilderness. Wildflowers were in full display, lingering snow piles up top.
