Category: Hiking
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20250825 William O. Douglas Trail, Part 6
Took the day to explore a section of the William O. Douglas Trail, this time from the White Pass PCT trail head to the Round Mountain Lookout trail. Gorgeous sunny day, but I lost my blue sport-towel, which made me very sad. I must have dropped it on the trail, but I lacked the energy…
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2050529 William O. Douglas Trail, Part 3
This time, I drove up to the Round Mtn trail head and set up camp right alongside the small parking area. Enjoyed a lovely evening, then in the morning, set out on the trail. I had intended to hike to the PCT if I could get that far. Turns out, I could not. Images taken…
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20250520-23 William O. Douglas Trail, Part 2
I covered a lot of ground these 5 days. Having the week up, I drove up on the 19th and set up a base-camp alongside the NF Tieton River just off the USFS 1207 Rd, a very private and lovely site right on the water. 5/20 Day 1 – Bike ride from base camp to…
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20250414 Waterworks Canyon Loop
I always enjoy a hike up the Waterworks Canyon in the spring. The flowers are always so effusive and abundant. I forgot to turn my tracker on until I was some way up the canyon, but I had just been following the trail. In the past, I would hike up to the ridgeline, then head…
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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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20240826 Burnt Mountain, MBSNF
After exploring the USFS 45-77 Rd, I drove Hwy 12 thru the Rimrock Retreat Burn – it was very sad to see an area I love so much still smoking after the devastating fire. However, not all is burned over in the Tieton Valley, and the massive oak tree I like to visit is likely…
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20240825 Scouting along Cortright Ridge, USFS 45-077 Rd, GPNF
Thinking about the Orogenesis Trail, and wondering what’s at the end of the USFS 45-077 Rd. Does any kind of trail continue from there toward the USFS 1284 Rd? Spoiler: It does not. But I had a very enjoyable day exploring this road. Images taken August 25, 2024 along USFS 45-077 Rd, GPNF 6.84 miles…
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20240722 Backbone Ridge Ramble, GPNF
Not much to write about for this one… after spending a lovely evening alongside the Muddy Fork, and not quite ready to wade back acoss the river to head home, I decided to check in on Backbone Lake. I also explored some of the 1270 Road beyond the trail head, then wrapped up my ramble…
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20240717 Exploring Lone Tree Mountain, GPNF
Joined fellow ancient trail explorer Gabriel Amadeus Tiller in exploring Lone Tree Mountain for a possible routing of the Orogenesis Trail. First thought: Impossible! Especially after my previous exploration of the area just above Camp Creek Falls. On getting back to my overnight campsite at the 5508-019 spur (de-commed, great site!), my tune has changed.…
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20240519 Camp Creek, GPNF
Spent the night at Cispus, and then spent a rainy day exploring Camp Creek, above the falls. Gabe has me thinking about a trail up Lone Tree Mountain. I followed a faint trace up the mountain to a dog-leg in the old, abandoned logging road, but the landscape looked steeper and rougher than I wanted…