RHH's photos with the keyword: hog canyon

Last week we hiked an afternoon at Hog Canyon Lake, only a few miles from our home and one of our favorite spots for a short hike. After hiking down to the lake we visited the falls. There was not a lot of water and that was still frozen, but the falls were beautiful. From the falls we hiked the cliffs on the west side of the lake and then watched the sunset. The lake was frozen and though we saw no one there were places on the lake where people had been ice-fishing.

Last week we hiked an afternoon at Hog Canyon Lake, only a few miles from our home and one of our favorite spots for a short hike. After hiking down to the lake we visited the falls. There was not a lot of water and that was still frozen, but the falls were still beautiful. From the falls we hiked the cliffs on the west side of the lake and then watched the sunset.

Taken from the cliffs on the west side of the lake, this is Hog Lake or Hog Canyon Lake, as it is sometimes called. It is one of the long, deep and narrow lakes of Washington's channeled scablands.

These are some of Washington's scablands, poor soil areas with underlying basalt formations formed by ancient floods. This area is near Hog Lake above Hog Canyon Falls.

Taken near the north end of Hog Canyon Lake, the photo shows some of the steep basalt cliffs that surround the lake.

This week we went once again to Hog Lake to hike. The spring wildflowers are blooming and Hog Lake is a good place to see them. We spent the morning there hiking the cliffs and the prairie.

Taken at one of our favorite nearby hiking spots, Hog Lake. This lake is typical of the lakes in our area, long, narrow, deep and lined with sheer basalt cliffs.

We hiked at Hog Lake this week. It is one of our favorite day-hiking spots. Most parks and national forests are closed and so we've had to find other places and this was a recent discovery.

This is the north end of Hog Lake and Hog Canyon Falls. We were there this week hiking and doing photography.

This photo was taken at the north end of Hog Lake, near the Hog Canyon Falls. The bush in the foreground is Golden Currant.

These are the upper part of Hog Canyon Falls the morning we hiked there. The falls drop in stops over formations of columnar basalt and then the creek loses itself in piles of broken basalt at the base of the falls before reemerging at the edge of the lake.

We found these ruins of an old settlers cabin on the shores of Hog Lake. There was not much left except what had been a doorway with a hollowed out mound behind it.

These are basalt formations and cliffs that are found around all the lakes in our area. This photo was taken at Hog Lake.

These are about the only trees that grow in our area, the Ponderosa Pines. This one was photographed near Hog Lake.

This is Hog Lake or Hog Canyon Lake in the channeled scablands of eastern Washington, about a fifteen or twenty minute drive from our home. Its long, narrow profile, deep waters and basalt cliffs are typical of the many lakes in our area including the lake near our home. We have been trying to get out once a week for some hiking and this was our destination this week. We hiked about five miles with little elevation gain and having lost the trail ended up hiking all the way around the lake, not realising we were on private land part of the time. We have gotten into a kind of routine. We get out one morning for a few groceries, one day for hiking and otherwise stay home, going for a walk near home each day, weather permitting. The rest of the time is spent on projects of various kinds indoors and outdoors. Most of the parks, hiking trails, national forest and state lands are closed, but a few little-known places such as this are still open. We saw a couple other people but that was all and had a beautiful day. We thoroughly enjoyed both the day the wildflowers which were starting to bloom.

Hog Lake is not far from our home in the channeled scablands west of Spokane, Washington. We hiked around the lake when we were there and this photo was taken at the opposite end of the lake from which we started.

This was Hog Lake in eastern Washington not far from our home early in the morning as we began our hike around the lake.

Hog Canyon Falls are just visible in this photo from the cliffs on the west side of the lake. We hiked around Hog Lake this week.