Be the cryptid you wish to see in the woods
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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.
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20171118 Stevens Canyon of the Muddy Fork Cowlitz, Tatoosh Wilderness, GPNF
Perhaps you’ve been to Mount Rainier National Park, and visited the Box Canyon, along the Stevens Canyon highway. It’s an amazing formation – a very narrow slot canyon gouged into the bedrock beneath the unimaginable weight and pressure of a massive glacier. At certain points, one might imagine leaping across the narrowest points of the…
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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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20170811 Midnight Hike to 3Burroughs, MRNP
I wanted to see shooting stars. It didn’t work out that way, but I had an amazing time hiking through the night, across the ‘tundra’, taking some pictures in the late evening light on a side-trip to Fremont Lookout for the sunset. Much of my trip from Fremont to 3B was without lights, as there…
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20170724 Windy Ridge Road, MSHNVM
It was time to return to Loowit. With summer getting into full swing, I was anxious to explore Windy Ridge Rd, which I had worked my way up to the end of on my last hike, where I explored the Pumice Plain and Sasquatch Steps, having ascended the toe of Windy Ridge along the access…
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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.