"Perfect day for a quick scramble up Yakima Peak. Cloudless with lush green and wildflowers out in force, but still a few patches of snow lingering from last season's epic snowfall. Finding the way up was a bit tricky, here are some rough directions: a climber's path branches off the Naches Peak loop trail above Tipsoo Lake and heads straight across the slope toward a medium-sized rock. Here head right up the slope in a washout gully serving as a climbers path, keeping the cliffband on the left. Follow it up a steep section through some evergreens and up onto a meadow. Climb up the meadow on t" - scott, Sep 4, 2011