For this weekend's hike I parked at the Williams Mine trailhead. I started up the Pacific Crest Trail at about 4,000' elevation.
The day's loop was 15.9 miles total. The midpoint of my path was on the eastern side of the loop at about 6,100' elevation. That's about halfway up the west side of Mt Adams.
One reason for residing in the Pacific Northwest this summer was to do some hiking. That's central to my health plan. Between the Gifford Pinchot NF and the Cascade Mountains, nature was calling. So it was time to answer.
I started with the Buck Creek trail. It was a 3.9 mile spur with about 1,200' elevation gain. So about 7.8 miles round trip. But I had two false starts. The first was heading west from the trailhead. The trail started descending immediately, which didn't seem right. But I did see a nice buck!
That trail also joined a horse trail. So I returned to the truck and started again, east this time. That quickly turned south, and showed even more equestrian evidence. So I deduced it connected to the horse camp just down the road.
