It was so nice to be outside on a hike again, after spending lots of time working out at the gym. We've had so many days of either really cold weather with ice or just plain awful rainy days, we haven't had many outdoor workout days.
Today the weather was forecast to be sunny, so we happily drove out to Chuckanut mountain to hike to Raptor Ridge.
We headed up the Hemlock trail and I spied a heart rock on the trail, love when that happens.
It felt so nice to sit on the rock at Raptor Ridge for lunch, the sun was nice and warm. We could see Mount Rainier in the distance, my camera didn't capture it through the haze.
After lunch we hiked towards the North Lost Lake trail and went to Madrone Crest. I love the little corridor trail that leads to the view point.
After looking out at Mount Baker from the view point (again my camera didn't capture it in the distance), we headed down the Salal trail. We did a stop at Chuckanut Falls before we ended our hike.
We're still in our Spartan race/Backpacking training, so we're looking for hikes that give us a good amount of elevation gain. Today was a good day.
Here's the relive video of our route -
Garmin stats:
Total miles hiked - 10.6 miles
Total ascent - 2231 feet
