Category: Hiking
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20160620 Solstice Hike to Dege Peak, MRNP
Parked at the White River Campground, set out at 9:30 AM and covered 14.4 miles with 3423′ vertical gain over 5:51:26 elapsed/8:23:43 total hours, attained a maximum elevation of 7006′. Despite all the lingering snow, it was very dry up there; I was quite thirsty much of the time. I also took on just a…
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20160604 Cowlitz Trail, GPNF, WOD
This weekend, I drove up to Packwood via Skate Creek – finding out that it is just as quick to drive up I-5 to SR512, and take Hwy 7 to Ashford, as it is to slog through Yelm. Gawd, I hate driving through Yelm. I had my mind set to hike up the Carlton Creek…
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20160508 Ramble about Longmire, MRNP
Took a mellow, low-energy ramble about Longmire, exploring some close-in destinations before the hordes arrive.
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20160321 North Fork Skokomish River, ONP
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20160316 Glines Canyon Dam, ONP
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20150720 Spray Park Loop, MRNP
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20150703 St. Andrews Park, Emerald Ridge, MRNP
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20150620 Pyramid Peak via Tahoma Creek Trail, MRNP
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20150606 Sunset Park, Golden Lakes via Westside Rd, MRNP
On this trip, I rode my bike up to the end of the Westside Road, and then hiked the Wonderland Trail to Golden Lakes Ranger Station near Golden Lakes. I often write in my journal along the way, or at the destination, but I rarely record my observations and thoughts when I am finished. This trip…
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20150525 Indian Henry’s Hunting Ground via Kautz Creek Trail, MRNP
I didn’t record much in my trail journal on this one. I think I was too busy gawking. 3:00 PM, 5/25/2015, Indian Henry’s Hunting Ground Ranger Station – Arrived at 2:40 PM, left the car at 11:15 AM. Lovely hike, mostly cloudy, but warm. No rain, peak-a-boo views of the mountain’s lowest flanks.