Frontcountry Trail Run - Wildside Trail—De Leo Wall
Tue, Oct 12, 2021
Pleasant training run, good group that was very tolerant of leader's slow pace. My Strava recording https://www.strava.com/activities/6102641020
Pleasant training run, good group that was very tolerant of leader's slow pace. My Strava recording https://www.strava.com/activities/6102641020
An unexpectedly beautiful day to paddle in Chuckanut Bay.
A gorgeous ‘end of the season’ tour along alpine ridges and meadows connecting 4 distinct peaks: Burnt Park (Pt 6327), Palisades, Marcus, and Pt 6218 (the ridge NW of Marcus). This strenuous exploratory traverse (~5300’ gain, ~14 miles, 5 miles off trail) is a keeper, with unexpected sun/views and impending weather that held off until we arrived back at the cars.
Hit maple pass loop with the first snow fall of the season. The trail was very muddy on the way up with lots of tourists hiking in micro-spikes. The Larches were in full splendor and it seemed like the whole of Seattle had showed up to see them.
A beautiful trail, but perhaps there are better times than October to attempt it. Ran up late in the afternoon on a Sunday and found a lot of scree and icey snow. Completed it in around 4:45 hours.
A beautiful trail, but perhaps there are better times than October to attempt it. Ran up late in the afternoon on a Sunday and found a lot of scree and icey snow. Completed it in around 4:45 hours.
Scrambled up the snow gully sans snow in our running gear. We had looked at the South Face first and decided not to try without climbing gear and rerouted to the couloir. Got the first snow flakes of the season on the way up. A great little scramble
We had near ideal conditions for our Pigeon Peak scramble, if those words can be used in the same context.
Launch from Bowman Bay and paddle to Young Island (next to Burrows Island.)
Great trail, beautiful lake and meadow camps, and fantastic fall color with golden larch, yellow aspen, dark green spruce and whitebark pine, red berry bushes and golden meadows! Go within the next week as the larches are beginning to thin out.
Cornet Bay launch, around Deception Island, lunch at beach on Rosario Head then play time in the flood current at Deception Pass.
Snow free approach , doesn’t have rock fall due to cold temperature .Route was in prime condition.
Last day to enjoy fall colors before winter's arrival in the alpine
Six Olympia Explorers (9-11 years old) on their first outing of the year - A 6.0 mile/1,450 ft gain hike to Tolmie Peak
Exceeded my expectations with four leaders sharing expertise, plenty of plants and animals to view and glorious weather. The pace allowed for questions, observations and photographs of plants, a family of ptarmigans, multiple marmots, a black bear in the far distance, a pike and a raven.
A challenging overnight trip along a remote cirque ridge
Fabulous fall colors and gorgeous scrambling.