83. Mount Hoffman

Distance: 8.2 km
Elev. gain: 500 m

On Friday, June 26, we searched for a new hike before a forecast of week long rain and settled on Mount Hoffman in Sheep River country based on amazing good reviews.

The first beauty was the Sheep River with its cliffs and many falls which we had to cross to start.

We followed a gently rising fire road and then forest trail, admiring many flowers along the way, especially the trailing, purple clematis.

After a few short steep sections, we could see the clearing on top of the mountain.

One special flower was numerous Parry's townsendias.

Then the last leg up.

As promised, the views from the top were panoramic and beautiful.

We ate our lunch in the sunshine beside this attractive pinus contorta contorta.

 

Finally, we dutifully signed the register at the top. Not a very accurate record for Covid spread notification since we left no address but an indication of how very popular this trail was.

It was a good, moderate to easy hike so we considered adding another (Windy Point Ridge) but when we got there we decided to save it for another day.