Category: Biking
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20210915 Tatoosh Wilderness Loop, GPNF
Tatoosh called and I went. All the way. Up, over, and around, and back. By boot and by bike. And it was amazing! The night before, I had driven in to the valley and up to the Tatoosh North TH, way up Butter Creek Rd (USFS 5270) and ditched my bike out of view in…
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20210313-19 Willow Creek Hot Springs Campout
Back to the hot spring at Willow Creek for a birthday bike-n-hike-n-soak retreat. I spent Saturday thru Friday alternately soaking in the hot spring, biking up BLM roads, or hiking up roads, trails and x-country in an exploration of Willow Creek and Whitehorse Butte. Highlights include snow, wind, rain, sun, wind, flying alkali grit, amazing…
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20190701 Kiona Peak, GPNF
How is it July already? Summer is getting on, and I’m eager to be getting up into the high county. My recent trip up to the PCT at Divide Camp leads me to think July 1 is still too early to be getting up into the Goat Rocks or high Tatoosh, but I’ve still some…
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20190122 Swale Canyon, Klickitat Trail
For my first adventure of the year, I returned to an area that has held my fascination for some years – the Klickitat River. This time, I drove down to Lyle with the intention of boon-docking for the night at the Icehouse Campground – this is where natural, carbonated spring water bubbles out of the…
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20180624-0704 Idaho Trip
Each time I go to Idaho, I fall in love with it just a bit more. It’s the Sawtooth NRA – I won’t be happy until I’ve explored the whole area. That will take a while. Vacation this year was the last wek of June thru the 4th of July. I stayed with the O’Reillys…
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20171010-15 Hailey, ID
Pics from my most recent trip to Idaho – no backpacking, as the temperature was down into the single digits at Grandjean… but I did get to meet a moose family, including the bull! Thank you, Hailey O’Reilly and family for putting me up for the week – I had a blast!
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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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20170409 Ohanapecosh Canyon & Big Bottom
I spent a day exploring the lower reaches of Ohanapecosh Canyon at Lawiswis, then drove across the river for a very short ramble about the mouth of Stevens Canyon. Twice I was left yearning to follow the trail further. Biking down the road to the campground at Lawiswis was fun. Up again, not so much. Rambling…
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20161120 Willapa Hills Trail, Lewis County
The Willapa Hills trail is a great trail, albeit not quite finished. There are a few exciting trestles to cross, and lots of deep gravel. One sure does get to see a great slice of countryside, tho. My favorite area was the Rock Creek area between McCormick and Walville Creeks. Something about that tight little…
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20160612 Ride to Sunrise, MRNP
This past Sunday, having read that while the road to Sunrise at Mount Rainier National Park was still closed to vehicles, the NPS had opened it for recreational use to hikers and bicyclists. Oh boy!! It occurred to me that bombing down that road on a bike must be absolutely thrilling! I just had to…