Tag: MSHNVM
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20170316 Hummocks Trail to Johnston Ridge, MSHNVM
What an unexpectedly awesome birthday! I had a little party – just me, a shy coyote, a not so shy raven, and Loowit, in all of her steaming, snow-mantled, sun-dappled glory. Clouds larger than even mountains drifted across a sunny sky, warming the cliff-side meadows of Johnston Ridge, overlooking the lunar-fractal landscape of the Pumice…
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20170515 Upper Coldwater Lake MSHNVM
A day hike up the Coldwater Lake Trail, MSHNVM as spring is getting underway.
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20170416 South Coldwater Ridge Trail & Sediment Retention Dam
This day was cold and windy, snow still capping the ridges, the sky dim, even though the clouds were not thick. I hiked up the South Coldwater Ridge trail, parking at The Hummocks and walking to the trail head. The trail climbs up the ridgeline, with a few switchbacks to gain elevation. Mostly, though, it…
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20170319 Lakes Trail #211, Coldwater Creek, MSHNVM
The last day of winter found me hiking the Lakes Trail #211 alongside Coldwater Lake and Coldwater Creek, encountering a trail increasingly full of sloppy, soft cascadian concrete by the end. It was almost tough enough to hold me up, but then, not quite. Similarly, my shins were almost tough enough to withstand the ice…
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20160626 The Hummocks & Johnston Ridge Observatory, MSHNVM
Mike and I enjoyed the Hummocks Trail today.