Hikers should expect to find water on trails

HIKING — It’s wet out there.

Hikers in Deep Creek Canyon off the Spokane River near Nine Mile found plenty of water going down the stream, which usually dries up well before summer.

You don’t have to go much higher in elevation to find trails covered in snow. Hikers at Bead Lake Trail just north of Newport found about a quarter to a third of the 5.5-mile route covered in snow or ice on Sunday.  The elevations ranged from 2,800-3,000 feet.