Category: Hiking

  • 20190704 Griffin Mtn North & Allen Mtn South, GPNF

    20190704 Griffin Mtn North & Allen Mtn South, GPNF

    I’ve done it! I’ve completed a hiking route between Longmire, WA and Randle, WA, down to Hwy 12.  Now that I’ve completed it, I’m not happy with the route. More exploration is in order to more closely align my route with the watershed divide.  As you can see on the map below, the route between…

  • 20190701 Kiona Peak, GPNF

    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…

  • 20190609 Watch Mountain, GPNF

    20190609 Watch Mountain, GPNF

    Spent Sunday scouting the area just north of Randle, WA, in the GPNF as part of a Randle-to-Longmire route, but I think I have better options, yet to be explored. Watch Mountain is beautiful. Watch Lake is OK, but does not really provide a good site to hang a hammock, the trail there is a traumatized…

  • 20190603 Tahklahk Lake, Tak Tak Meadow, Council Bluff, GPNF

    20190603 Tahklahk Lake, Tak Tak Meadow, Council Bluff, GPNF

    Spent Sunday night at Tahklahk Lake, hoping for some night-time and/or pre-dawn shots of Mt. Adams. A lack of skill, and a lack of clear sky thwarted me. I had a great hike on Monday, however, exploring Tak Tak Meadows, and then the trail to Council Bluff. Tahklahk Lake is melted out, and there were…

  • 20190526 Silver-Skate Area, GPNF

    20190526 Silver-Skate Area, GPNF

    Memorial Day Weekend means another summer season begins. I took an extra day from work for a five-day holiday, and spent much of it up in the NW corner of the GPNF, in the area between Longmire and Randle. I was packed for a backpacking adventure, but the lingering snows above ~4000 meant the high…

  • 20190510 Muddy Fork Cowlitz Canyon Trail, Tatoosh Wilderness, GPNF

    20190510 Muddy Fork Cowlitz Canyon Trail, Tatoosh Wilderness, GPNF

    Wandered about the mouth of the Muddy Fork Cowlitz canyon on a gorgeous spring day.

  • 20190427 Green River Trail, MSHNVM

    20190427 Green River Trail, MSHNVM

    Spring is always so difficult. The lowlands are warming, the mountain ridges are melting out, the sun is strengthening, and everybody is waking up from winter. The legs long for a stretch, the soul for a wander. This early in the year, options are limited. I’ve been scouting the South Cascades the entire winter, and…

  • 20190316 Death Valley Road Trip

    20190316 Death Valley Road Trip

    I took a birthday road trip down to Death Valley – where it rained on me, of course.

  • 20190122 Swale Canyon, Klickitat Trail

    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…

  • 20181225 Xmasday Hike on Hall Ridge, USFS Rd 48, GPNF

    20181225 Xmasday Hike on Hall Ridge, USFS Rd 48, GPNF

    Not many photos to share from this Christmas day hike (and snowshoe) up the USFS 48 Rd to Lily Basin Trail Head, GPNF. I ventured further than the most adventurous off-roader, but turned back when the roadway was getting choked by snow-covered vegetation. This was a quiet day, with no views.