Two Chiefs Trail

15 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain •

I've had my eye on this hike for a while, but I was waiting for more hours in the day to make sure I wouldn't be hiking out in the dark. I knew weather was going to be rain on and off on Sunday, but decided to make a go of it even though I couldn't talk any of the usuals other than my partner Zane into joining.

Got up at 6 am, but couldn't quite get motivated to get out the door until a few cups of coffee in. At the Bonneville trailhead by 9. It was surprisingly empty. The early morning rain must have been scaring everyone away.

We started our journey on a very muddy trail, but by the time we were out in the clearcut it was starting to get sunny.

We enjoyed the emptiness despite the desolation, taking in the views across the gorge as we climbed up towards Table Mountain. That summit will be for another day.

The mountain was out, but not for long. We hit our junction - and turned onto the unmarked Two Chiefs trail. The old ATV road was in pretty good shape, nature taking over slightly but still a pretty clear trail with just a bit of blowdown.

As we neared our destination - the base of the slide of Table Mountain, the weather turned on us. It hailed, it rained, the wind picked up and everything was socked in. No major views for us but I still enjoyed the mossy road. We reached the creek and enjoyed the waterfall. I've read that the upper drop is more dramatic but it was too cold for any off trail shenanigans. I was interested in seeing the 2007 slide past the falls, but the dog was shivering and I wanted to keep moving.

Instead of enjoying a lunch we turned around at a brisk pace to keep up our body heat.

Of course, as we reached our trail junction, the sky cleared and the sun came out again.

Going to have to give this one a go again on a warm day.

View the resource page used for this triphttps://www.gaiagps.com/datasummary/track/ff6b24fdc1a8ff8e8e5dec71bae6074b/?layer=GaiaTopoRasterFeet