{"id":627,"date":"2012-08-01T22:36:45","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T05:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/?p=627"},"modified":"2012-08-01T22:37:37","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T05:37:37","slug":"yakima-rim-skyline-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/yakima-rim-skyline-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Yakima Rim Skyline Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mid-June of this year (yes, it has been a while\u2026) Seamus and I took off on a man\u2019s overnight backpacking trip along the Yakima Rim Skyline Trail.<\/a> It\u2019s a loop trip that covers about 19 miles with about 2,100 feet elevation gain. The weekend we went it was hot hot hot, and since it\u2019s pretty much a desert hike exposed to the sun the entire time, we had a scorching good time.<\/p>\n

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First, let me say that I highly recommend a \u2018high-clearance vehicle\u2019 to get to this hike. The Buick is not one of those. Let\u2019s just say she made it, but I wouldn\u2019t do it again. Fording streams in a LeSabre is never a good idea. Neither is rock climbing. :\/<\/p>\n

We camped at the North trailhead of the Skyline trail on Friday night, which was beautiful if not windy. Make sure to bring plenty of water with you if you do this, because you\u2019ll need enough both that night and the next day\u2019s hike since there\u2019s literally no water along the trail. From the bluff, you\u2019ll have a great view of Ellensburg\u2019s city lights which was really quite pretty.<\/p>\n

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On Saturday, we set out for our 11-12 hike. This hike is mostly downhill \u2013 dropping about 2,000ft. Hiking poles are nice to have. We headed down the Skyline Trail until we got to the Rosa Road \u2013 by the time we got there, we\u00a0 were both parched and the pooch needed a break. We headed toward the Yakima River, crossed the railroad tracks, pumped some water and found a beautiful tree to relax and lunch under while the dog recovered. After a short rest, I dragged (literally) Seamus another 2.3 miles to our campsight for the night, the fabled \u201cBirdsong Tree\u201d. I wasn\u2019t quite sure what I\u2019d be looking for\u2026 but it turns out it\u2019s hard to miss. It\u2019s the only campsight along the over-grown road. There\u2019s a very nice underground stream where you can get good water. Seamus collapsed. I enjoyed my whiskey and Mountain House. Everyone was happy.<\/p>\n

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The next morning, Seamus awoke to the plethora of birds (including Woodpeckers, which he hates!) \u2013 so we were up and out of camp by 6:30am. This was a good, good thing given the heat and the exposure to the sun on the ~9mile trip back to the car. There\u2019s not much to speak of about the hike out. It was hot. There wasn\u2019t much to see along the 2,000 ft assent home. But the challenge was nice.<\/p>\n

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Related: the ticks were incredibly thick. <\/span>I really wish the dog had a tick collar or some Frontline before this trip \u2013 yikes, it was bad.<\/p>\n

More pictures of the hike are available here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mid-June of this year (yes, it has been a while\u2026) Seamus and I took off on a man\u2019s overnight backpacking trip along the Yakima Rim Skyline Trail. It\u2019s a loop trip that covers about 19 miles with about 2,100 feet elevation gain. The weekend we went it was hot hot hot, and since it\u2019s pretty … Continue reading Yakima Rim Skyline Trail<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiking","category-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":629,"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627\/revisions\/629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}