These Boots Were Made For Hiking

Whenever we had the opportunity, we laced up our boots and hit the trails. By noon on Thursday we had logged 31 miles, hiking in the beautiful Cascades, which are appropriately named for their numerous waterfalls. Adam, Nolan and I did most of our hiking while Collin and Aaron were at Narnia, which meant regardless of hike time recommendations, we had 3.5 hours before we needed to return to the village.

Sunday, July 31
Ten Mile Falls Trail
Easy/Handicap Accessible
2 miles-1 hour
10 Mile Falls




Nature Trail

Easy-15 minutes
Dam building



Monday, August 1
Hart Lake
Moderate-9 miles-4 hours
700 ft. elevation gain, steep before lake



Hart Lake


Since we got a late start on our hike because of the Narnia debacle with Nolan followed by average directions to the Hart Lake trail head from the guy at the Hike Haus, Adam ran the last mile back to the Village so that he could retrieve Collin and Aaron from Narnia by noon.

Copper Falls Trail
Moderate-2 miles-1 hour
600 ft. elevation gain





Copper Falls
"I scream, you scream...we all scream for ICE CREAM!"

Tuesday, August 2
Ten Mile Falls Trail/Monkey Bear Falls Trail/Goat Trail
Easy/Moderate
5 miles-2 hours
400 ft. elevation gain

Monkey Bear Falls


A hummingbird

Wednesday, August 3
Honeymoon Heights Trail
Moderate-3 miles-2 hours
500 ft. elevation gain to Honeymoon Heights
1000 ft. elevation gain to upper tailings
Adam scramble to Copper Mountain ridge

"Jungle Branches!!!"...and pine cone distractions. Nolan also spent the week serenading us with Raffi's "Robin in the Rain" from his perch in the backpack.

Robin in the rain,
Such a saucy fellow.
Robin in the rain,
Mind your socks of yellow.
Running in the garden on your nimble feet,
Digging for your dinner with your long strong beak.
Robin in the rain,
You don't mind the weather
Showers always make you gay.
Bet the worms are wishing you would stay at home,
Robin on a rainy day -- don't get your feet wet,
Robin on a rainy day!

Arial view of Holden Village

Thursday, August 4
Holden Lake
Strenuous-10 miles-6 hours
2,100 ft. elevation gain
Holden Lake



On our way down we ran into a group of llamas returning from a supply mission for the Forest Service.
We hired Hanna, the daughter of a couple (Brenda and Dave) staying in our lodge, to pick Collin and Aaron up from Narnia and feed them a trails lunch at the Nature Trail because we knew we probably wouldn't be able to shave 2.5 hours off a 6 hour hike. She made the boys stick boats that they raced through the dams they had spent the week building. We relieved her at 12:40, completing the hike to Holden Lake in 4 hours, with a short stop at the lake to admire the view.