Wychus Creek by JG

This hike is four miles south of Sisters, OR, on a forest service road. It’s a hike on an easy trail following Whychus Creek (pronounced why-choose).  The area around Sisters has rich but thin volcanic soil over igneous rock. Swift flowing Whychus Creek has been cutting through this to form a modest scenic canyon. Away from the creek the landscape is semiarid; rainfall is reasonably abundant, but the thin soil retains water poorly.  
Scars from a fire two years ago are slowly healing. The trail was mostly easy walking, with a few hundred yards of scrambling over steep, rocky sections. 

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