Tag: GPNF
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20200628 Packwood-Art Lake-Snyder Mtn Loop, GPNF
Thinking I’d have a low-energy day in Packwood, having had a headache for days. In no hurry to leave in the morning, I arrived and parked at the Community Hall just before 10:00 am. A group of people were meeting outside the hall, using the picnic tables at the park – I don’t know if…
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20200530 Cispus Valley Trail #270, Takhlakh Lake, GPNF
With a crash and a boom, I crossed the Tom Music Bridge over the Cispus River. No, it wasn’t my truck, it was the sky. Often, when I make plans ahead of time to take a long weekend, the weather gets the last laugh. Today, for example, with a very active day of thunderstorms forecast.…
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20200526 Klickitat Trail #7, GPNF
The Klickitat Trail is an old one, known to be in use 2000 years ago. This trail follows the ridge of the mountains which separate the Cowlitz River Valley from the North Fork Cispus River Valley, which rises 5,000’ above the valley floors. The ridge runs E-W, the south face relatively uninterrupted above the NF…
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20200125 Muddy Fork Cowlitz, GPNF
I really needed a day on the river, my river, the Muddy Fork Cowlitz. And what a bluebird day to be there, too. All the little creeks were full to the brim with melt-water, the sky was intensely blue and the air warm and still, and I had a new camera to play with. I purchased…
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20191006 Walupt-Nannie Loop, GRW, GPNF
Hiked a loop from Walupt Lake along the PCT & Nannie Ridge Trail
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20190930 Packwood Lake, Upper Lake Creek, GRW, GPNF
I spent Sunday and Monday at Packwood Lake – had a sweet campsite at the upper end of the lake, and enjoyed the company of a very friendly dipper. Weather was moving thru rapidly, with lots of wind and a wee little bit of rain, bringing the season’s first chill. I celebrated with an impromptu campfire.…
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20190923 Davis Mtn, GPNF
Davis Mountain rises over the Big Bottom Valley immediately north of the Cora Bridge, and is accessed by Carr Rd, which turns into 1256 Rd a couple of miles up. The road is permanently gated, but maintained, and climbs its way up the south face of mountain then the north face, before coming to an inglorious…
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20190712 Lily Basin Trail 86, GPNF
A scheduling fluke provided me a four-day weekend, and I made tracks for the Goat Rocks Wilderness. Unsettled weather was forecast, I was pretty certain my horrid mood was going to turn into a migraine, and my I made some poor packing choices leading to a rather heavy pack – it was going to be…
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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…
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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…