"Watch out for dog ticks on this one! The trailhead is at the second gate, behind a mile of flood damaged dirt road so we parked our sedan at the first lot. It is slightly over a mile between the 2 gates, and before the halfway point mount rainier and adams become visible to the west. The trail (also a dirt road at this point) starts out through a small valley with more flora than you will see the rest of the trip, and ends after very little elevation gain and less than a mile at the edge of the "Skyline Rim" and the beginning of the endless views. The canyon vista here includes a small dam as well as a selah butte and baldy peak on the other side. right and to the south lies the false summit and left and 2 north takes you to Gracie point, the highest part of this expansive rock. This section of trail hugs the rim except for 1 section where it gets down into the valley and towards a horse watering hole, the only vegetation along the rim. I recommend staying on top of the ridge and avoiding this area as I found it to be infested with ticks. Once you reach the southern base of the summit, scramble straight up, or wrap around east flank until you reach a fence which the ..." — Jeb • Apr 29, 2012

"With the Cascades and Puget Sound covered in snow and rain, we headed towards Yakima and the Sunshine. We encountered 3 deer and plenty of hawks and eagles on the "trail', which consisted mostly of rocky hills and game trails. The wind was at times hard to bear, and the summit was hardly impressive, but all in all a good hike" — Jeb • Mar 13, 2012