Situated 12 miles west of Yakima, the Cowiche Conservancy’s Snow Mountain Ranch encompasses 2,000 acres with an elevation gain of over 1000 feet from the South Fork of Cowiche Creek to the summit of Cowiche Mountain (2,970 feet). Within the ranch the Conservancy maintains a system of approximately 14 miles of interconnected trails allowing access to the diverse habitat zones of the shrub-steppe.