The Harms Road Trailhead is up on the prairies between Klickitat and Goldendale. The nearby hills catch the early fall snows and the windswept grasslands offer little shelter.

Starting down into Swale Canyon the rocks and reflective pools of water make a nice setting.

Midway through Swale Canyon the trail is mostly well packed with just a few 100-yard patches of loose gravel.

Looking down Swale Canyon you can see the gentle curves and easy downhill grade of the old railroad.

Loose rock tumbles down the canyon walls but seldom reaches the trail.

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The Fisher Hill trestle has been redecked by Klickitat County and was opened on Jan. 6, 2011. This is about 2 miles from the Columbia River.

The Fisher Hill trestle showing the new railings along the trestle that were installed during the deck construction process.