Sailing
Sail with sailing leader Bill Ashby on his Cal 44 "Rhythm" out of Shilshole Bay Marina.
Day Hiking & Backpacking
Rialto Beach to Chilean Memorial is an easy, 7.5 mile hike with 220 ft in elevation gain. The trail goes along the beach and up into bulkheads to get to a small campsite.
Sea Kayaking
Sea kayak to Fort Ward and the Orchard Rocks Conservation Area with abundant sea life, a salmon farm, and Manchester State Park. With a big tide swing, it's a nice ride!
Urban Adventure & Urban Walking
A 32-acre state park near Shoreline, WA with beach access, picnic shelters, nice views of Puget Sound, trails, a moderate incline down to the beach and a mile-long shoreline walk.
Climbing
The climbing routes up Minaret on the Ridge of Gargoyles are Grade II, 5.3-5.6.
Day Hiking, Naturalist & Urban Walking
The refuge was established in 1965 to provide wintering habitat for the dusky subspecies of the Canada goose. Today it preserves both habitat for wildlife, and evidence of the people who once lived here. There are hiking trails and an auto tour through the refuge which are subject to seasonal closures.
Day Hiking & Trail Running
An easy hike on 6 miles of trail along the South Fork of the Stillaguamish River near Everett. The trail also has meadows, a grove of cedar and cottonwood trees.
Sea Kayaking & Urban Adventure
The River Ridge High School pool in Thurston County is a great place for warm water practice spot for kayak rolls and rescues.
Day Hiking
This moderate hike of 6 miles and 1,600 feet of elevation gain is for fans of unmaintained and abandoned trails and views from abandoned fire lookout sites. Starting from an old logging road above Lost Lake near Snoqualmie Pass, the route follows a combination of decommissioned roads, grassy tracks and abandoned trails to the site of the abandoned Roaring Ridge Fire Lookout. Enjoy great mountain and lake views along the trail and from the top of the peak.
Backcountry Skiing
Ski the backcountry on northeast facing slopes near Hyak and Snoqualmie Pass.
Urban Adventure
The Robert J. Drewel Building is also know as the Snohomish County East Administrative Building.
Scrambling
A strenuous and technically challenging scramble in the North Cascades Pasayten Wilderness with great views. It's 31st on the Bulger List of Washington's highest peaks and is 14 miles round trip with 6,100 feet of elevation gain.
Urban Adventure
Located in Bellevue, the Robinswood Tennis Center is one of the few public tennis centers with superb indoor courts.
Day Hiking
A moderate hike of 5 miles round trip, gaining 1,700 ft elevation to a summit in the Capitol State Forest near Olympia. Enjoy unobstructed views north to the Olympics. The route follows maintained and way trails, along with a bit of abandoned and current road through second growth forest.
Backpacking & Day Hiking
Forest and meadows and high country rambling towards Carne mountain.
Canyoning
An unexpectedly fun and scenic half-day creek in the Skokomish River valley. This canyon is rated v3a4II early to mid-season and v3a3II in mid to late summer.
Day Hiking
Hike three miles along the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River with some moderate up and down along an established trail. Then cross the Rock Creek and hike up switchbacks on a steep rocky trail to Rock Creek Falls and then on to Snow Lake in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. It's 12.6 miles and 2,700 feet of elevation gain.
Backcountry Skiing, Day Hiking & Scrambling
When there's snow, scramble to a summit on Nason Ridge that is significantly higher than the crest of the Cascade Mountains to the west. Enjoy the views from this high point that is 11 miles round trip with 4,300 feet of elevation gain.
Day Hiking
Rock Mountain via Snowy Creek is a strenuous, 9.8 mile day hike with 3,250 ft in elevation gain. The trail cuts up steeply through forests and meadows to the Nason Ridge and an old fire lookout.
Scrambling
A moderate scramble of 8.0 miles and 2,700 feet of gain, Rock Thunder is the unofficial name for the peak located 0.75 mile east of Snow Lake near Snoqualmie Pass.