"I was looking for a good rainy day peak to bag and to try out my new gps so off I went to Enumclaw to check out Taugow Benchmark. I took a logging road nearly to the summit until it began to lose a little elevation as it wrapped around the north side of the mountain. At this point I bushwacked to the south until I was on the peak, looking around for good views through the trees along the way. When I got to the top the trees were actually sparse and there would have been good views in all directions had it not been so cloudy. Once on the top I could see that the road actually continued to curve around the mountain past where I had left it, until it nearly reaches the summit. After catching a few glimpses of a view through the clouds I took the most direct route back down to the road. On the way down I took a quick uneventful detour to the bump that sits northwest of the peak. Through the whole trip I barely saw any rain. The wind was gusting on the peak, but other than that the weather was really pretty mellow compared to what I'd expected. All in all it was a nice trip and as far as the new gps goes, I'm absolutely loving it." — Al-Rashid • Feb 14, 2014