Walker Bluffs

This trail ascends the broad buttress feature just downstream of Walker Island. A full-spectrum delight of an adventure, while still managing to be on the mellow side. A great winter-sun option (~November to ~April, so long as the river is low and easy to cross)... BYOBoat, launch from Walker Island (portage as necessary down to the slow-and-deep single-channel downstream of the ball park road access).

Cross the river, trend up and subtly left over easy ground along flagged route through old-growth Fir and Cedar forest, gradually closing distance to the main buttress feature of the trail ("the rocks") rising up on the left. After about 15min a well flagged and cut trail starts climbing more steeply up past a couple really massive Douglas Firs. Follow the trail over moderately-steep natural switchbacks through mossy oldgrowth, enjoying viewpoints and cliffbands every few hundred meters. Many points of interest, and generally great atmosphere.

At around 950m is the "Ogres Lair" - a distinct and (to the climber's eye) very attractive rockface with great potential.