We did a nice long hike yesterday, 14.5 miles, 4K elevation gain, 10 hours – we were bushed, particularly since so much of the hike involved bushwhacking and route-finding.
We went up Change Creek Trail to beyond J’s Landing, planning to hit Songbird Peak from the north, following a trip report. Derek had the right idea but I led us astray. So we went down and through a nasty stretch of trail that featured closely overgrown wet bushes. I had to take off the shorts I was wearing, hang them on the back of my pack, and put on my rain pants.
Anyway, we went down and then, using our map and GPS devices, figured out a twisting route back up to the 4,000 foot level where we approached Greenway Mountain from the east and went up and across.
Back to the service road (it is the northern boundary in that area of the Watershed, so legal but just barely) and then to Songbird Peak.
Back to the service road and up to Change Peak for our three peak day. We went back via the Change Creek trail and back to the car. Nice hike!
A stretch of the Great Wall is being converted to a mountain bike trail – this is the one that will ultimately stretch from Cedar Butte on the west to McClellan Butte on the east. The trail is nice and we ran across a ramp they put up so the bikers can get some time in the air:
Plenty of flowers this time of year:
As for bushwhacking, there was plenty of it:
Plenty of views up there:
Our track:
https://adventures.garmin.com/en-US/by/djhiker/change-and-songbird-peaks-greenway-mountain-6-10-17#.WT09a9y1upo