#umtanum

[rabbitcruiser]

Slopes

What do you think about my pic?  

[mmaxywaxy]

Umtanum Ridge, Ellensburg, WA 03/2023

[renefabre]

Up the hill out of Ellensburg (between Thrall and Umtanum) on I-82 for Yakima.

July 16, 2019

[calochortus]

Ice formation in Umtanum Creek Falls plunge pool by jlcummins - Washington State Via Flickr: IMG_9720

[phoghiz]

Umtanum creek, a bighorn sheep perspective . . . . . #pnw#pnwlandscape#umtanum#desert#desertoasis#explorewashington#djimavicpro#drone#dronephotography#aerialphotography#dji @ic_sea https://www.instagram.com/p/CAlb8MmnaIh/?igshid=1e7q0d73scwvl

[glowworm6]

Wild Flowers by glowworm6a Via Flickr: Eastern Washington Road Trip, April 20-22 2019

[d00didek]

March 12th, 2017

[mortalpractice]

It’s all too much, by night or day---too big, too true. Flat on our backs on the rooftops of our own lives, shivering, talking to whoever we talk to when the hour’s late, it’s hard to locate even ourselves, let alone tell someone else where to look. ---Catherine Abbey Hodges, from “Umtanum Ridge,” Raft of Days

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

@admiral-craymen replied to your post “Would you like to visit this place? What do you think of it?”

It's a lake called Lake Uru!

There's also Lake Eremo, Lake Kvasha, Lake Vashati, Lake Yavne, Lake Kineret, Lake Kinneret, Lake Tittih, Lake Mikhisho, Lake Narmak, Lake Tzitza, Lake Kalkan, Lake Nal, Lake Khidar, Lake Sirente, Lake Uru, Lake Elabuga, Lake Aral, Lake Yatse, Lake Zalakar, Lake Qatrani, Lake Kosh, Lake Arok, Lake Bajzhaq, Lake Gubka, Lake Khadzam, Lake Kalkanj, Lake Rassan, Lake Ararat, Lake Tevata, Lake Yevpator, Lake Qar, Lake Jura, Lake Kebil, Lake Sogaro, Lake Umtanum, Lake Seleh, Lake Khertek, Lake Bala, Lake Alkol, Lake Bekhechek, Lake Yedibazar, Lake Tziraghir, Lake Batai, Lake Gurguri, Lake Zargahna, Lake Beas, Lake Sevan, Lake Uzan, Lake Ombra, Lake Tugrul, Lake Khoorech, Lake Karamuk, Lake Tsoly, Lake Efendie, Lake Ksana, Lake Vashatia, Lake Omora, Lake Ulyana, Lake Karas, Lake Ijar, Lake Sekem, Lake Nubigat, Lake Khorku, Lake Teimat, Lake Yarsu, Lake Urvashi, Lake Yulay, Lake Kurs, Lake Sebatu, Lake Yedibazar, Lake Qara Koyunlu, Lake Kursunlu, Lake Akhunduk, Lake Qalhat, Lake Balaq, Lake Amur, Lake Besh, Lake Orta, Lake Sevan, Lake Karas, Lake Khorku, Lake Ulyana, Lake Kurs, Lake Sebatu, Lake Ota, Lake Kharkata, Lake Qazakaran, Lake Sevan, Lake Kharaz, Lake Sevan, Lake Mardukhi, Lake Amur, Lake Akhunduk, Lake Qalhat, Lake Qara Koyunlu, Lake Kurs, Lake Orta, Lake Sevan, Lake Karas, Lake Khorku, Lake Aqsu, Lake Amur, Lake Khurut, Lake Orta, Lake Sevan, Lake Akhunduk, Lake Qazakaran, Lake Qara Koyunlu, Lake Kurs

[varyinglandscapes]

[onehikeaweek]

Beaver Tail in Yakima River Canyon / 雅基馬河谷裏的海狸尾

Beaver Tail in Yakima River Canyon / 雅基馬河谷裏的海狸尾

Today we sought out Beaver Tail in the Yakima River Canyon. So we could avoid the rain. But it made for a perfect cool-down hike from Thursday’s trip. The pups and I were just here in April, going up to Rattlesnake Dance Ridge.

Beaver Tail down below

See more trip photos here.

Beaver Tail at a Glance

Access: Umtanum Creek Recreation Site Round Trip: 7.8 miles Elevation Range:1340′-192…

[mmaxywaxy]

Umtanum Recreation Area, Ellensburg, WA 03/2023

[classicalhighways]

SR-821 near Umtanum, Kittitas County, Washington, USA

[queenlua]

spring birding spitballing:

i’m assuming most of the spring birding festivals are gonna get cancelled, at this point, and that air travel will at the very least be heavily discouraged come May.

this is not the worst fate—my own corner of the world has a perfectly spectacular spring migration of its own

and i am lowkey curious if this will drive birders to spots they normally would overlook.  like, Umtanum Road tends to be the place folks go for spring woodpeckers/warblers around here, but i’ve always thought Swakane Canyon was just as good and only a little bit further, and most importantly—no one is ever there when i’ve been there.  seems like a good spot to do some Looking At Birds While Maintaining Social Distance

(i had also been toying with the idea of doing an eastern Oregon trip this spring, but the logistics of that get a little trickier—i can do a daytrip anywhere in WA easily without involving anyone else; just get in a car and go.  Oregon would involve car-camping of some sort, and hotels might be right out?  and it may not be worth the hassle even if there is a viable & responsible way to make it work)

i’m fortunate that my partner-in-crime is also a birder; should be fun to scope out some new spots together~

[thebashfulbotanist]

The western blue flag, Iris missouriensis, is absolutely gorgeous this time of year! I found these ones near Umtanum Creek Falls near Ellensburg, WA. Like a lot of plants in the Iridaceae family, these irises are bitter and somewhat poisonous, so cattle ranchers tend to view them as a weed - and they used to be used by the Navajo as an emetic! If they make humans throw up, it’s no wonder cattle don’t like them.