Month: September 2020

  • 20200920 PCT – Tipsoo Lake to Bumping River, WOD, GPNF OWNF

    20200920 PCT – Tipsoo Lake to Bumping River, WOD, GPNF OWNF

    Autumn is here! I spent two days hiking the PCT from Tipsoo Lake, MRNP to the Bumping River at Fish Lake, GRW, and then back again via Swamp and American  Lakes. Lots of elk bugling, a few hunters and a few hikers out.

  • 20200916 PCT – Tipsoo Lake to Bear Gap, OWNF

    20200916 PCT – Tipsoo Lake to Bear Gap, OWNF

    Smoke continues to fill the air this weekend as I set off on a hike from Tipsoo Lake to Bear Gap along the PCT in the Okanagon-Wenatchee National Forest, north of SR 410, outside MRNP.  With SR 410 closed at Enumclaw, and SR 12 closed at White Pass, I thought perhaps this out-of-the-way corner of…

  • 20200907 Leech Lake to Shoe Lake via PCT, GPNF GRW

    20200907 Leech Lake to Shoe Lake via PCT, GPNF GRW

    Memorial Day Weekend is a holiday in which I generally stay home. My favorite haunts are usually overwhelmed with Packwood Flea Market tourists and hordes of recreationalists. This year, however, the game has changed. The rules were tossed out the window. Packwood was practically deserted. I start my day by heading out the door at first light, hitting the…