Category: Hiking
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20181118 Packwood Lake via Pipeline Trail, GPNF
Took a little day hike up the Pipeline Trail to Packwood Lake.
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20181021 Tieton River Nature Trail, OCWA
Mike and I took advantage of a gorgeous autumn day to make the drive over White Pass to the Oak Creek Wildlife Area, to hike along the Tieton River Nature Trail. I suspect we arrived for peak color, and with the mildest of breezes and warm temperature, it was a sublime day. Particularly stunning was…
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20180806 Boundary Trail #1, MSHNVM
Spent the day hiking up the Boundary Trail #1, making it from the Norway Pass TH to a point above St. Helens Lake
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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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20180604 Coldwater Loop, MSHNVM
I was finally able to complete the Coldwater Loop at MSHNVM – starting at the South Coldwater TH, up Coldwater Trail to the Boundary Trail, to the JRO, and back down to where I had parked at the Hummocks TH. It was not the most lovely day, with clouds gathering on Coldwater Peak. By the…
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20180521 Coldwater Lake, MSHNVM
Mike and I took a dayhike up the first 2.3 miles of Lakes Trail #211 along Coldwater Lake, up to the lovely waterfall right next to the trail – I wish I knew the name of that creek. It was a warm, slightly breezy day, the air was full of sun and the spring scent…
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20180518 Eruption Day Hike to Harry’s Ridge, MSHNVM
Another anniversary of the Eruption of Mt. St. Helens, and once again, I took the day to be there. I can see this becoming an annual pilgrimage. This is the time of year that everything begins to wake up, and the highest reaches of the Monument are melting out. This is also the time of…
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20180513 South Coldwater Ridge Trail, MSHNVM
South Coldwater Trail bested me last week, I only made it 4.5 miles up the trail before being turned around by snow. South Coldwater Trail bested me again. This time, however, I managed to fight my way up to the 6.5 mile mark. Wildflowers are just beginning to bloom. Along the lower reaches of the…
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20180507 South Coldwater Ridge Trail, MSHNVM
Spent Monday afternoon hiking up the South Coldwater Ridge Trail, MSHNVM. I wasn’t able to make it up and over to the Boundary Trail, and to the JRO (I turned about at the northernmost point of the trail), but did have a lovely evening stroll along Coldwater lake on my return. I was a bit…
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20180101 Muddy Fork Cowlitz, GPNF
Spent New Year Day wandering about the base of Tatoosh up to the trailhead.