Six Ridge

A 10.6-mile trip on a wilderness route from the North Fork of the Skokomish to Lake Sundown. As the trail nears the highest point on Six Ridge, a burn dating from 1992 interrupts the trees. The trail passes through it and climbs through the more extensive 1962 burn with its snags bleached white by the sun. Six Ridge receives more than its share of lightning strikes because it lies directly across the storm track of the prevailing southwesterly winds. The trail mounts a bald knob, and outstanding views open up in all directions. To the north, the tops of mounts Duckabush, Steel, and Hopper peek out over the wooded crest of the intervening ridge. Mounts Skokomish and Henderson, along with the entire length of Sawtooth Ridge from Mount Cruiser to Mount Lincoln, rise in plain view along the eastern skyline. To the south lies Lake Cushman and range upon range of twisted ridgetops.