5.93 miles of hiking • 2000' elevation gain •
Having got to upper trail long way in December, now it was much more straightforward ridge walk 500 ft up to intersect it... Turned out upper trail is official and open to motorcycles, (& the whole network of motor trails up on the hill, some still being constructed) - but on this day everything was very quiet. Hiked up trails, then a road, until snow got too deep to continue without snowshoes. Lots of deer and elk tracks, some recently replanted clearcuts with views of Hood River Mtn and Surveyors Ridge but not so much of HR valley.
