Hope Island low tide paddle on a day it was minus 4.7', the lowest in 13 years.
Way more snow than this same time last year. We had intermittent compact snow from .5 mile to the saddle. There was more walking on snow than on trail. Spoiler, we did not summit. First pitch will not melt out for a couple of weeks, if you attempt, bring pickets to protect first pitch.
Perfect evening for a hike. Flowers are blooming and the view was great.
A successful summit of Kangaroo Temple, although with a lot of snow. Snow is continuous from the road's edge to the base of the climb, and there's also a big snow slab on the final scramble portion near the summit.
Strong paddlers are important for this if there are any significant winds ( 8+ ). We encountered 12+ in early morn and it went up from there.
A summit, snow, hail, wind, sun and very little rain. We had it all.
Fun day tagging Yakima and taking a run at Naches.
A great precipitation lull, albeit with zero views. This NE Olympics rain shadow venue delivered the dry day goods.
Trail dry and bare up Easton Ridge, snow steady from Para Point to Thomas Mountain.
Beautiful wildflowers and 360 degree views on this hike.
https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/trip-reports/trip_report-2022-06-12-4730506315
Successful Tacoma CHS hike to the Lower Gray Wolf River. All participants did well and enjoyed the hike.
A little damp to start, but the rain let up shortly after starting. The forest is saturated with green from the moss, salmonberry and new maple leaves. The river was quite high. The trail wasn't too busy for a weekend.
This was a CHS hike for the Olympia Branch. We lucked out by avoiding Thursday's rain and then Friday afternoon's rain and were even rewarded with some sunshine and blue skies.
Cancelled due to massive rockfall event on 6/5/22.
Switched from Tamanos, both to avoid wet rock at the top, and to shorten the trip so as to try to finish before the forecast atmospheric river dumped on us. Not a bad trip with a few views below the clouds, but it did rain for much of the descent.
