9/25 Update: I’ve added Allen & Ian’s photo’s to my Picasa album.
The Wallowa Mountains are apparently one of the Pacific North West’s best kept secrets. The trails are listed in the standard Oregon backpacking guide books, but everyone I’ve talked to has never heard of them despite being some hiker’s all-time favorite treks. It’s a tough comparison, but I think this hike might just replace the hike I did last summer in the Olympic National Park as my all time favorite trip. It definitely was the hardest and most rewarding hike I’ve been on yet.