Larch Mountain Loop

17 miles of hiking • 3000' elevation gain •

Did a big ol' loop starting at the Larch gate. Started down the hill on a closed forest road (nice little streams along the way!), cut over to Multnomah Creek and headed up Franklin Ridge. Snow started around 3000ft, but was pleasantly solid because of the freeze, with nice "traction snow" on top.

I ran into a few people that were coming up to Larch from the gate, and some trying to open the gate, thinking they were going to get their cars up there.

Took me a bit longer than I planned because of the snow, but a really nice day!