Tag: Apple Lake
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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…