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Hesperos Flown is created and authored by Anthony Colburn, a Pacific Northwest native, avid hiker, incidental naturalist, and amateur photographer.

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Eve of Darkness

Posted on 20 January 202530 April 2025 Hesperos Flown

Trudging up the frigid mountainside, my thoughts disquieted by the turning of a cruel human world, I could not help

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Touchstone

Posted on 4 June 202315 April 2025 Hesperos Flown

After the bereaved leave the beloved, after the gate locks, when the horned moon peeks over the horizon, the headstones

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Remnants

Posted on 19 February 202322 January 2025 Hesperos Flown

At last, the listless woodland stream, spent by months of summer drought, fanned into a shallow lake, barely murmuring as

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Evening Rapture

Posted on 13 October 202115 April 2025 Hesperos Flown

One must wonder whether wildlings appreciate the grandeur of their surroundings, apart from their innate connection to their world. This

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Crossroads

Posted on 5 June 202122 January 2025 Hesperos Flown

Perhaps I should have felt apprehension as these vultures swept about me, circling, dipping into the valley below, then swooping

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Gray Jay

Posted on 18 August 202022 January 2025 Hesperos Flown

Good day to you, good day, Gray Jay! What do you, can you say today? Not like your cousins, not

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The Wild One

Posted on 14 August 202030 November 2024 Hesperos Flown

Slowly, a young blacktail buck works his way along the coastal verge, nibbling the tender shoots that spring into light

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COVID Kindness: Don’t Forget the “Social” in Social Distancing

Posted on 7 April 202030 November 2024 Hesperos Flown

I’ve always loved how jaunty little western fairy slipper orchids appear to grin so brightly from the trailside shadows at

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Land Acknowledgement: Social Justice Where Hiking Trails and Social Media Meet

Posted on 29 December 201827 January 2025 Hesperos Flown

Place names tell stories. They endure and evolve over generations, often holding clues to a forgotten past. Hiking around Washington

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Saving the Lake Serene Trail: For Nature, People, and Communities

Posted on 4 October 201730 November 2024 Hesperos Flown

Great news! Thanks to the partnership of individuals, communities, and local organizations, the private property around the Lake Serene Trail

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North Cascades Trails

  • Blanca Lake
  • Cedar Falls (Okanogan County)
  • Chain Lakes and Table Mountain
  • Cutthroat Lake
  • Cutthroat Pass (via Pacific Crest Trail)
  • Cutthroat Lakes and Bald Mountain
    (Walt Bailey Trail / Mallardy Ridge Trail)
  • Sweetleehachu / Goat Lake and Elliot Creek
  • Heather Lake
  • Lake Ann and Lower Curtis Glacier
  • Lake Twentytwo
  • Mount Dickerman
  • Mount Pilchuck
  • Sauer’s Mountain
  • Wallace Falls and Wallace Lake

Central Cascades Trails

  • Annette Lake and Asahel Curtis Nature Trail
  • Bandera Mountain
  • Cold Creek – Pacific Crest Trail Loop and Mirror Lake
  • Commonwealth Basin, Red Pass, and Lundin Peak
  • Dirty Harry’s Balcony, Dirty Harry’s Museum, and Dirty Harry’s Peak
  • Franklin Falls and Snoqualmie Pass Wagon Road
  • Gem Lake and Wildcat Lakes
    (High Lakes Trail)
  • Gold Creek Pond, Gold Creek, and Alaska Lake
  • Granite Lakes and Granite Creek
  • Granite Mountain
  • Kendall Katwalk, Ridge Lake, and Gravel Lake
  • Koppen Mountain
  • Lake Serene and Bridal Veil Falls
  • Lake Stuart
  • Little Si
  • Lodge Lake, Beaver Lake, and Olallie Meadow
  • Lower Tuscohatchie Lake
    (Melakwa – Pratt Lake Traverse)
  • Margaret Lake, Twin Lakes, and Lake Lillian
  • Mason Lakes, Rainbow Lake, and Island Lake (Ira Spring Trail)
  • Melakwa Lakes and Denny Creek
  • Mount Catherine
  • Mount Defiance
  • q̓əlbc̓ / Mount Si
  • Mount Teneriffe
  • Mount Washington (King County)
  • Pratt Lake
  • Rachel Lake, Rampart Lakes, Lila Lake, and Alta Mountain
  • Rattlesnake Ledge and Rattlesnake Mountain
  • Snow Lake (King County)
  • Talapus Lake and Olallie Lake
  • Twin Falls
    (South Fork Snoqualmie River)

South Cascades Trails

  • Bench Lake and Snow Lake
    (Mt. Rainier National Park)
  • Carbon River
    (Rainforest Loop, Old Mine, Green Lake, Chenuis Falls, and Ipsut Falls)
  • Lakes Trail and High Lakes Trail
    (High Lakes Loop)
  • Mt. St. Helens
    (Monitor Ridge Climbing Route)
  • Pinnacle Peak
    (Mt. Rainier National Park)
  • Skyline Trail
    (Mt. Rainier National Park)
  • Tolmie Peak and Eunice Lake

Olympic Peninsula Trails

  • Kloshe Nanitch and the North Point
  • Marmot Pass
    (Upper Big Quilcene Trail)
  • Marymere Falls, Barnes Creek, and the Aurora Divide
  • Mount Muller
  • Mount Storm King
  • Mount Zion
  • Ozette Triangle
    (Cape Alava and Sand Point)
  • Sol Duc Falls, Lover’s Lane Loop, Deer Lake, and Mink Lake

Lowland Trails

  • Carbon River
    (Rainforest Loop, Old Mine, Green Lake, Chenuis Falls, and Ipsut Falls)
  • Mount Constitution, Mountain Lake, Twin Lakes, and Cascade Creek
  • Ozette Triangle
    (Cape Alava and Sand Point)
  • Rattlesnake Ledge and Rattlesnake Mountain
  • Twin Falls
    (South Fork Snoqualmie River)

First Peoples Land Acknowledgement

Hesperos Flown acknowledges that, from time immemorial, the locations featured on this site have been and are the ancestral lands — birthplaces, thoroughfares, gathering grounds, cultural touchstones, and sacred spaces — of the First People to walk their ancient paths. Every effort is made to accurately and respectfully recognize the first inhabitants of these places, their exemplary heritage of intentional coexistence with the natural world, and the inseverable experience that has brought us to share it today as neighbors. Any corrections or additional information are humbly requested via this site’s “Contact” form. May we be ever mindful of those who came before us, whose spirits and children remain among us, and so honor the land we now all call home.

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Hesperos Flown is created and authored by Anthony Colburn, a Pacific Northwest native, avid hiker, incidental naturalist, and amateur photographer.

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© 2014-2025 Anthony Colburn

Only you (and, perhaps, your doctor) can determine your fitness and skill for the activity required to visit the amazing outdoor spaces profiled here on Hesperos Flown.  Be sure to educate and equip yourself appropriately for the safest, most enjoyable wilderness experience.  And remember:  nothing substitutes for common sense in getting you back home safely. Nature will still be there for the next hike – so should you!

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