Tag: GPNF
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20161010 Glacier View Wilderness, GPNF
The views from Glacier View Wilderness are, understandably, amazing. It was a bit chilly this day, but that only added to the beauty. October is a fantastic time to be in the mountains – the air is clearer, the bugs are gone, the people are gone, and the drama is out in full force.
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20160725 Ohanapecosh River MRNP, GPNF
Took a low energy afternoon to wander about the mouth of the Muddy Fork Cowlitz and Ohanapecosh Rivers,
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20160630 Pacific Crest Trail, White Pass North to Fish Lake, WOD
What a stunning landscape! First, the pictures, and then I’ll tell you all about it. Because priorities. There weren’t a whole lot of flowers blooming yet, but the scenery was stunning all the same. The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT or Trail #2000) and criss-crossing side trails are all melted out, or quite nearly so. The side trails…
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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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20090829 Laughingwater Trail, MRNP, GPNF
From my trail journal: “1:15 PM, 8/29/2009 – Am on the Laughingwater Trail, and have just paused for a snack and breather. It is a gorgeous day out.”
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20050827 Tatoosh Lakes GPNF
Hailey O. and I hiked into Tatoosh Lakes. We camped at the lake shore, and woke up around 3AM to a snowstorm. By dawn, we were wet, shivering, and starving, so we high-tailed it down to my grandparent’s house, where Nana made soup and sandwiches for us.
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20050624 Tumac Plateau GPNF OWNF WOD
My first trip in to the Tumac Plateau.
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20050129 Clear Lost, GPNF
Chasing the snowline along the Clear Lost Trail #76 above Packwood, WA, GPNF
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20041031 Hunting for Sulfur Springs, GPNF