Ian Lauder
Climbing
Successful
Perfect weather, gorgeous views, and a reasonably strong but small group made for a great day despite turning around at 5900 feet due to slow progress breaking trail through knee-deep snow.
I cancelled today's hike due to only one participant and me, but we did it as a private trip. It was a gorgeous day day up there!
A large loop hike visiting five of Tiger Mountain's summits: East, Middle, and West Tigers 1, 2, 3
Great day on Tiger Mountain - sunny at the trailhead, snowing on the summits of West Tiger 2 & 3. Starting hitting snow on the trail at around 1200 ft.
Fun exploration on a sunny day. Road conditions were a challenge past Darrington and the mileage of this route is clearly a lot more than indicated so we didn't reach Rat Trap Pass and the meadow area.
Great plan B Scrambles combo in Olympics: First Top and Point 4795.
Successful conditioning hike to the bench below the Haystack gully.
MUDDY! Damn muddy. No snow to speak of. Trail was open the whole way but did I mention it was muddy?
A great bad weather workout of ~5000’ gain over 12 miles (plus a short drive ;).
While overcast, no precipitation, nice route for beginners, enough good snow for snowshoes.
Hike through a local forest with well maintained trails.
The weather turned out to be beautiful. It was a friendly, relaxing hike.
Lovely sunny day on Icicle Ridge with views of Leavenworth, the North Cascades and the Enchantments
Great trip with the sun making an appearance but avy conditions thwarting our Table Mt scramble.
