3 miles of hiking • 750' elevation gain •
Today we intended on biking on the Historic Columbia River state trail from Hood River to Mosier and another short jaunt on the trail farther west, but the bike rack was being very uncooperative so hiking it was!
Made a short trip up Hood River Mountain to check out the wildflowers.
Lots of Balsamroot are blooming and a few Indian Paintbrush are poking up here and there. It was very beautiful. It was however a bit cloudy out so I was only able to see the bottom third of Mt. Hood. There was also a nice patch of glacier lilies near the beginning of the trail. I Intend to do this hike again next week (this time on a clear day) on the way out to the Tom McCall area for more wildflower viewing.
