Beautiful colors with white snow in the background. Hike to Falls Creek Trail and back was moderate and the creeks were not bad to cross, occasionally with the help of hiking poles.
Windy, but well protected in the Bay. Chop increased to solid 1 ft plus waves around noon, but weather was great. Visited Paradise Cove and Sequim Bay State Park boat launch
Cold, windy, icy, and in a whiteout all the way, but winter scrambling route in pretty decent shape, and we enjoyed our hard-earned views from above the clouds.
Clockwise loop of four peaks on a crisp fall day
Took advantage of 2 days of nice weather, to complete a solo scramble of Boulder Peak. Mitigating my exposure to the Corona Virus with Solo trips into the Olympics this year. Olympics afford boundless opportunity in Social Distancing.
This shoulder season one-night overnight backpack trip was a perfect outing before the weather turned. The 10-12 year olds had little difficulty with the route and the lake was gorgeous.
A grand fall color tour in Mount Rainier National Park, of peaks and ridges in the area just south of the Carbon River. This was a S5/T5 scramble (~5400’ gain/~16 miles), but a technically easier (yet longer) S5/T1 variation would skip Gove and use the Ipsut Creek Trail instead.
"A so-so day hiking is better than staying home inside".
The culmination of a week at Yosemite.
We started at 8:20 a.m. getting to the pass at 11:30, and then got back to the parking lot at 2:30 p.m. The weather forecast was very accurate with clear skies until noon, when it started snowing.
One day trip up the Blue’s Buttress route on Poster Peak during Larch Madness.
One day trip up the Spontaneity Arete route on Le Petit Cheval.
Beautiful bluebird day for a trip to Ingalls Lake and into Headlight Basin in the heart of larch country.
Day hike to Indian Henry's and Mirror Lake, via the Kautz Creek trail. This was the graduation hike for students in Tacoma's Conditioning Hiking Series class.
Checked out the NE Face in good weather but found the route in snowy rather than icy conditions.
A scramble to one of the worst Rainier 100 peaks with a great view from the top.
Fun day out cragging at Leavenworth.
August conditions in October.