September 10 to September 11, 2011 10.5 miles 3,750 feet gained 1 night
This was the first Hiking trip with my wife so I tried to pick a relatively easy trail for her first time. Unfortunately the last 1/3 of the Gale River Trail had some very steep rocky/boulder sections that my wife so lovingly named "The Stairs from Hell." We also tried to make it over to Mt. Garfield, but the Garfield Ridge Trail contained some really slippe...