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  • 20230916 Lost Hat Lake, GPNF

    20230916 Lost Hat Lake, GPNF

    I’ve long wanted to get up into this high country above Packwood, along the very top of the Coal Creek Mountain. I tried once before, but got turned back by snow. And the entire area has been closed d/t the wildfire last summer, until just this past week. So, up I go! I start out…

  • 20210621 Clear Fork Cowlitz to Tieton Pass

    20210621 Clear Fork Cowlitz to Tieton Pass

    Summer is finally here, the snow is melting, and the insects are not yet awake. I’ve got some new gear, and it’s time to get hiking! This weekend, I took a 3-day backpack trip up the Clear Fork Cowlitz trail to Tieton Pass on the PCT. Arriving at the trail head a bit later than…

  • 20201019-21 PCT – White Pass to Clear Fork Cowlitz

    20201019-21 PCT – White Pass to Clear Fork Cowlitz

    Winter is coming! Understandably, I am anxious to make one last trip up into the Goat Rocks – I had not quite gotten to all the places this summer I had wanted. The weather forecast offers the possibility of some mild weather after a weather system moves thru over the weekend. Not expecting the best,…