SHORT:   Chief Joseph Wildlife Area Hike

I had a break from a seemingly endless stream of DVM admissions interviews, so we took advantage of a mild January day in the *unofficial* Washington Hells Canyon Area (specifically the Chief Joseph Wildlife Area and adjacent BLM land).   On the map, this area merely appears on the fringe of northern Hells Canyon, but actually it's in the heart of some of the most spectacular, under appreciated, and rarely explored canyon country in the US. I'll elaborate in a future post.   

On a rough path up to Lime Hill, looking east towards the Snake River

Snake River, just east of Rogersburg (WA)