To close the year Val and I decided to revisit a trail that neither of us had done in probably four years. Even though we’ve been to Angle’s rest somewhat recently, none of those times, we continued to Devil’s Rest. Weather was acting up a bit with low hanging clouds and the potential for rain. Most of the hike up to Angel’s rest was quick and easy with no rain. We made a quick stop there to take a picture of us sitting on a rock to send to family and at that very moment we got the first couple of rain drops. Looking back towards the ridge, we could see the clouds coming from bellow and climbing the hill in the same direction we were going. The hike covered so we pushed on. I had vague recollection of the trail and the steeper part towards the top but it was nice to get to one of the most unrewarding destinations in the Gorge. Up there, you just see a small rock pile indicating you’re there and that’s pretty much it. That said, this hike was rewarding but in a completely different way. The moment that we started hiking down from Devil’s rest we started getting some snow flurries. As we walked they got fatter to the point that we saw the trail and trees in front of us start accumulating pretty fast. After having almost no snow last winter we welcomed the fresh snow that fell only for a couple of minutes. At a point in the trail we stopped just to enjoy the moment before continuing down.
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