Monday, April 21, 2014 was a cool cloudy day but we covered 5.7 miles without a drop of rain. We started just on the outskirts of Sisters at the Peterson Ridge Trails. Very level walking until we reached the Eagle Rocks Pass cut-off and then it was a very manageable 100 foot elevation gain to be rewarded with an up-close and panoramic view of the three Sisters and Broken Top mountain. Unfortunately, the high overcast totally washed out the contrast and you can barely see the snow covered mountains against the gray sky.
There were some huge burned out snags that provided wonderful color (and often homes for multiple critters) along the trail as well.
Much of this trail system is also used for mountain biking but we only met up with one biker that day.
Just as we were getting toward the end of the trail, we came across a white headed woodpecker and I managed to get one decent shot when its head was not buried in the tree.
