Category: Backpacking
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20180824 Mt Adams Wilderness #2
Returned to Mt. Adams Wilderness for an overnight at Lookingglass Lake, making it as far South as the South Climb Trail. I will never forget the lonely night spent at Lookingglass Lake – the wind howling thru the burnt-over forest sounded like the shrieking of a thousand damned souls in the depths of hell. It…
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20180818 Mt Adams Wilderness #1
Hiked up the Killen Creek Trail to the High Camp. where I spent the night in the meadow, camped in a mountain goat wallow, then south to Foggy Flat for another night in a meadow, spending a day hiking in to the Devil’s Gardens.
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20170816 Baron Lake, Sawtooth Wilderness, SNF
I took a vacation this year, all by myself, to Idaho, with two objectives in mind – hike the Sawtooths, and visit my friend Hailey for the eclipse. Resounding success, on my part. 🙂 I left the house at 4:30 AM on Tuesday, the 15th, arriving after 12 hours at Grandjean campground, where I spent…
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20170704 Carlton Creek Cowlitz Trail, GPNF
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20170522 Dosewallips to Big Timber, ONP
I hiked up the Dosewallips Trail for an overnight at Big Timber Camp, ONP.
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20160828 Flapjack Lakes, ONP
I start today in pain, and medicated. I suppose Sunday and Monday in the wilderness were worth a Tuesday of pain. As I hiked up the North Fork Skokomish River trail, and up to Flapjack Lakes and Gladys Divide Sunday, I struggled. I had awoken early, and got out of the house by just a…
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20160731 Berkely Park, Grand Park & Lake Eleanor, MRNP
Braved the crowds to spend a couple of days rambling the northern reaches of Mt. Rainier National Park July 31 and Aug 1st, with a hike from the White River Campground to Lake Eleanor, passing through Berkely and Grand Parks – and back. The wildflowers were just getting into their peak show at Berkely Park,…
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20160630 Pacific Crest Trail, White Pass North to Fish Lake, WOD
What a stunning landscape! First, the pictures, and then I’ll tell you all about it. Because priorities. There weren’t a whole lot of flowers blooming yet, but the scenery was stunning all the same. The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT or Trail #2000) and criss-crossing side trails are all melted out, or quite nearly so. The side trails…
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20160501 Mayday @ Nine Stream, ONP
May began, for me, with new gear, new camera, an excellent weather forecast, and a three day weekend. I headed to Nine Stream, about 10 miles up the North Fork Skokomish River, Olympic National Park. I only planned to go to Camp Pleasant, but after a late start, and an early arrival, decided to push…
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20120607 Tenas Prairie to Staircase Hike, ONF, ONP
Had myself a little transit-based x-country boondock of a hike from Lilliwaup to Staircase, via Tenas Prairie and the old State Park at Lake Cushman. This route involved a little bit of trespassing, logging road walking, and following trails official and otherwise.