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Bagley Lakes

It is a riot of autumn colours on the Bagley Lakes trail. Favourites from my picture loot are attached and are only an approximation of the bounty. Shel Silverstein's words from his poem "The ...

Peshastin Pinnacles

We had driven by this state park over the last 20 years and thought it would be fun to do but didn’t have the time. On a trip to Leavenworth, decided to stop in and finally check it out. As you ...

Baldy

Reached the Upper Dungeness trailhead just after 11am. 10+ cars in the huge parking lot. FR-2860 had some washboarding and potholes, but nothing too bad (yet). Followed the Dungeness River Trail ...

Bear Creek Mountain

First off, YES, the road to and trail ARE OPEN to the Section 3 Lake / Bear Creek Mountain Trailhead off FR-1204. NO WORRIES about fire danger from the Miriam Fire in the next valley north. This is ...

Little Giant Pass

The drive is long and the last part of the road is rough, but what a glorious journey and destination. The first part of the trail starts on gentle switchbacks in the forest, but the last three ...

Loowit Trail

Did the Loowit Trail as a 3-day solo backpack, clockwise, and saw 7 humans on the trail. While planning this trip, the following itinerary seemed to break up the trip into 3 parts of relatively equal ...

Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park - Umatilla Rock via Monument Coulee, Castle Lake, Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park - Deep Lake

I was supposed to lead a Fall Color Spectacular backpack to Phelps Basin for the Cascadians this weekend, but I guess I’m becoming a wimp in my old age, because with a forecast of mostly cloudy, ...

Duckabush River

This hike is beautiful, and I don't know if it's not so popular or just late in the season, but we experienced an incredible feeling of remoteness and solitude for a relatively short hike. We got to ...

Kalaloch - Browns Point

What a lovely place to visit! We stayed at the campground, but it is scheduled to close for the winter this weekend. You can usually find interesting things along the shore (we found a piece ...

Suiattle River Trail, Image Lake via Miners Ridge

We had ambitions to do a longer trip in the GP Wilderness but our weather window contracted and we had to settle for a two night excursion. I say settled but we enjoyed this trip all the same. First ...

Snow Mountain Ranch

The weather in the mountains wasn't looking too good today, so Ethan & I went out to Snow Mtn Ranch and climbed Cowiche Mtn. We walked the Ditch Bank Trail around to the Cowiche Mtn Trail East and ...

Mount Adams South Climb

This was a 2 day trip of 4 friends. We picked up our permit from the ranger station in Trout Lake - shout out to the Gifford-Pinchot ranger lady who ran through our entire plan with us to make sure ...

Margaret Lake

More photos and details can be found on my blog here . Made a quick trip to Margaret Lake on Sunday! It was not nearly as busy as I expected and the lake was gorgeous! Road walk was not my ...

White Pass - Pilot Ridge Loop, Pilot Ridge, Kodak Peak

Ventured out for a two night overnight along the Pilot Ridge Loop. Here are some highlights from the ~30 mile trip: Day 1 - Trailhead to White Pass (Saturday, Sept 1) Forest road 49 was no ...

Seven Fingered Jack, Phelps Creek, Leroy Creek High Route, Mount Maude

Weekend trip to scramble Seven Fingered Jack and Maude was great. It was a little smoky on Saturday morning, then a little foggy for our afternoon scramble of 7FJ, but that only made the peak more ...

Scout Lake

It's been over a year since the last TR so I thought I'd update on conditions. This trip has been on my radar for a while, but wanted to wait until I had some company. The trailhead is 2.7 miles on ...

Takhlakh Lake and Takh Takh Meadow

Nice little stroll around Takhlakh Lake and through the forest to the meadow. Willow had a blast running and jumping over the downed trees! The meadows were pretty, but we didn't feel like hiking up ...

Indian Bar - Cowlitz Divide

This is one of those hikes that will test your willingness to endure Type II fun, although for what is definitely a huge payoff at the end. It's all part of the Wonderland Trail, so suffice to say ...

Mineral Creek, Park Lakes, Glacier Lake

We have been to many of the lakes in the spectacular Alpine Lakes Wilderness and wanted to get a little farther out than Spectacle Lake, having felt it was too crowded for our tastes on previous ...

Alki Trail

Trail run/hike on mostly paved surfaces on bluff above alki and alki beach walking and jogging paths. Great scenic views of downtown Seattle and Olympics.

Loowit Trail

A buddy and I decided to do the Loowit Trail as part of the UltraPedestrian Wilderness Challenge. Our goal was to complete the entire loop in a day, using a mixture of running and hiking. Let me ...

Copper Ridge Loop, Whatcom Pass

I snagged a permit for this loop earlier in the year during the advance reservation period. Five days and four nights in the North Cascades for my third ever solo backpacking excursion. Day 1: ...

Federation Forest State Park

Stopped by on my way to Mt. Rainier to stretch my legs. Walked through the interpretive loops and down by the river. The trails are pretty flat with a couple of washed out bridges or dry stream ...

Green Mountain

It was a long drive to this. 2 hours one way from Mount Vernon, but worth it. The day was really hazy from the nearby wildfires but we decided to go anyways. The views were limiting unfortunately but ...

Norway Pass, Mount Margaret

Started at the Norway Pass trailhead at around 10am and hiked the Boundary Trail to Mount Margaret. The road was fine coming in from Randle, we took NF-25 to avoid possible closure on NF-26. There ...

Twin Sisters Lakes

Road is gravel and rough (9.5miles) getting to Deep Creek TH, but doable. There were only a few cars at TH parking lot, 1 Horse trailer. There is a Wilderness Permit to fill out there (free) and ...

Icicle Gorge Nature Loop

Perfect hike for the family, I’ve taken my twin kiddos up there twice now and they love it!

Rock Mountain via Snowy Creek

This is a nice hike but there is a big obstacle to face right away and that is the road leading to the trailhead. You start out on Smithbrook Road, FR 67. The road is rocky with a few deep potholes. ...

Mount Margaret

This one had been on my to-do list for 2 years, having done the Norway Pass/Independence Pass viewpoint previously. My expectations were completely met and I highly recommend this hike. Not too much ...

Harry's Ridge

I arrived at the Johnson Ridge Observatory just after 8. The parking lot only had a few cars in it. It was a really sunny day and the trail is pretty exposed, with only a few shaded area. Sun ...

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