Tag: OWNF
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20250726-28 Rattlesnake
I’m really getting into “Hammondland” as Nick Zentner @ CWU refers to it… that area north of Hwy 12 and south of Hwy 410. Old and new(-ish) volcanics dominate the landscape. Extreme erosion has revealed ancient North Cascades-related rock. The area is extremely rugged and isolated, and wildfires in the previous decade have all but…
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20250622-23 William O. Douglas Trail, Part 5
Finally! The high country is starting to melt out. This leg of my exploration of the William O. Douglas Trail finds me setting out from the Sand Ridge Trail head late in the morning and hiking 10 miles in to Apple Lake, high up on the Tumac Plateau. The trail head is located just off…
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20250530-0602 William O. Douglas Trail, Part 4
More William O. Douglas Trail, but this time, with a pack. And in the desert! I made my way to Naches, where I turned off the highway and drove along county roads toward the Snow Mountain Ranch. The ranch is now under conservancy, and the Cowiche Conservancy has an established parking lot off the Cowiche…
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20250413 William O. Douglas Trail, Part 1
I’ve been exploring the Willam O. Douglas Trail between White Pass and Yakima. This is a National Historic Trail commemorating Justice William O. Douglas’ boyhood in Yakima and his travels into the highlands and Mt. Rainier. Part 1 of my exploration took me to the USFS 570 Rd south of Rimrock Lake. I drove a…
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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.
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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…
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20050624 Tumac Plateau GPNF OWNF WOD
My first trip in to the Tumac Plateau.
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20050220 Sand Lake Snowshoe, OWNF
JC and I were eager to try out our new snowshoes, so drove up to White Pass and snowshoed into Sand Lake, OWNF.