Saddle Mountain Day Hike

I joined a few friends of mine for a quick hike of Saddle Mountain. I've never been up here before so I was looking forward to the view at the top. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate. We made it through the forest, with sporadic rain showers, then started the jaunt up the saddle area where the wind picked up and the low cloud cover made it impossible to see much of anything. I have to say, I am not a fan of the trail in the parts where they have tried to improve it with rocks covered in fencing material. It was slick as snot in the rain and felt very unsafe in many areas. We had a quick lunch at the top before descending quickly to the forest to get out of the wind and rain showers. Did take the viewpoint side trail on the way down, but again, the weather was not helping so we returned to our cars before heading to Cannon Beach for an early dinner.