Umtanum Ridge

Yesterday we travelled with our friends, Ron & Nicole, to Umtanum Ridge. The Ridge is located between Ellensburg and Yakima, about 2.5 hours east of Seattle. This hike provided us with some amazing views and a good dose of sun and heat.

We're glad we have today off for Memorial Day because we're pretty sore from the hike. We're not sure if this is always going to be the case, but the descent did most of the damage. The ascent was pretty tough, but the descent was nearly disastrous. This hike took approximately four hours with the descent alone taking up a quarter of that time but only about an eighth of the distance. Mike referred to it as being "technical." Everyone else was pretty sure it was just impassable.