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.
Beautiful autumn hike. Great scenery, great hiking mates, great leadership.
Great day, great group! Fall colors and blueberries were out in full force, and beautiful. Climbed to top of McCausland and also did side trip down to Lake Valhalla.
A strenuous but gorgeous ‘out and back’ scramble to vast meadows and breathtaking vistas in the SE portion of Mount Rainier National Park. Lots of wildlife with bugling elk, soaring hawks, and a passel of ptarmigans.
We made it to the top of the ridge above Rachel Lake before the rain started, and the group decided to turn back then. It was a good call since we were all pretty wet even with GorTex, by the time we got back to the trailhead.
Lovely, mostly flat hike along the river to a beautiful lake. Fall brings solitude, frogs and red berries.
A much more strenuous version of the normal loop, which begins and ends at the Kautz Creek trailhead (motivated by COVID non-carpooling). A great fall loop (lots of blueberries, fall colors, views of Rainier) that ascends the Kautz Creek trail to Indian Henry’s, follows the Wonderland Trail to Rampart Ridge, then descends off-trail back to the cars (total of ~15 miles, ~3500’ gain, only for folks experienced w/map and compass ).
First Mother > Peak 6326 > Castle Peak > S Castle Peak.
