Norway Hill
I am still not getting out to the mountains as often as I would like. I woke up yesterday morning expecting to do J’s Landing but the more I thought about it, and about the various events I have coming up (such as a trail work party on Saturday) I decided to save gas money and go local.
I drove down to Bothell Landing, hiked through Blyth Park and up Norway Hill – as pictured above.
The forest on Norway Hill is nice but not awesome:
Norway Hill Forest
Once at the top of the hill you gain the Tolt Pipeline Trail. From there I went past a few wineries and the fancy-schmancy hotel/restaurant complex near the Woodinville ball fields, and then I took the Sammamish River Trail all the way back to Bothell Landing. It was a beautiful Sunday in early June and the trail was jammed. Another drawback of going local.
Anyway, it was about 9 miles, 3.5 hours, fun but it ain’t the mountains.