Yesterday I took the doggies on a 2 hour hike - a circumnavigation of the middle sister. Initially I had titled this post 'backside of the middle sister'. And indeed the best part of the hike was on the steep sunny slope of the middle sister that faces town - the 'backside'. But I quickly realized that the unintentional double entendre might draw the wrong type of google hits to the family blog.
For such an obvious hike I am surprised that I have never tried this one before. It only took 2 hours and there was virtually no bushwhacking. I started on the trail up the backside of the North Sister (the trail that used to start up the creek but has since been fixed). Walked across the big bowl and up through the saddle between the middle and third sister. And then I enjoyed the sunny slope side of the middle sister. There are some gorgeous views of town too.
The only tricky part is when you turn left to go back to the saddle between the North and Middle Sister (upper right in the photo above). You do have to stay high on a steep slope to avoid some pretty bad brush. If it was wet or if there was any frost the slope would have been scary. But yesterday it was just fine.
All and all, a nice 2 hour tour with the dogs.
Patrick
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