written and photographed by Mary L. Peachin
Apr 2002, Vol. 6 No. 6
The switchbacks of the trail, edged by Western sword fern, rose steeply through the second-growth forest of western red cedar and Douglas fir. After we’d hiked a mile or so, the treeline ended at the thousand-foot summit of Mt. Galiano. The 360-degree view—scattered islands beyond the lush shore—was stunning. Not far from the summit, we could see scattered remnants of a 25-year-old airplane crash.