Tag: PCT
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20190620 Boundary Trail 1 – PCT to Dark Meadow, GPNF
Continuing my efforts to hike the Upper Cowlitz watershed, I took a couple of days off work in celebration of the summer solstice, and headed to Council Lake. The weather was cool, damp, and grey – everything was socked in, and there were only a couple of campers up at the lake. I arrived in the…
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20180824 Mt Adams Wilderness #2
Returned to Mt. Adams Wilderness for an overnight at Lookingglass Lake, making it as far South as the South Climb Trail. I will never forget the lonely night spent at Lookingglass Lake – the wind howling thru the burnt-over forest sounded like the shrieking of a thousand damned souls in the depths of hell. It…
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20180818 Mt Adams Wilderness #1
Hiked up the Killen Creek Trail to the High Camp. where I spent the night in the meadow, camped in a mountain goat wallow, then south to Foggy Flat for another night in a meadow, spending a day hiking in to the Devil’s Gardens.
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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…