Chris OSteen
Snowshoeing
Successful
The Deer Creek road is washed out in several places. May make a nice trail some day.
Turned around at Olallie Meadow due to slow progress in deep powder. Beautiful day!
What a great urban hike. To viewing historical homes to glorious views of the sound , down hills and up stairs, loved it all.
Turned around at deep, unconsolidated snow slope about 4700ft, just a little above the tarn on the ridge: didn’t seem safe with the persistent deep slab avy danger.
Lots of solitude from the shore of Lake Crescent to Aurora Peak on this ~9 mile/~5000’ gain trip. Pristine views of North Fork Soleduc valley and the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
We hiked up the trail to Rattlesnake ledge, where we enjoyed the views then traveled back to the trailhead and walked the mostly level trail around the east side of the lake to the Cedar River Watershed Education Center and enjoyed the rain drums while eating lunch. We learned about the historic town called Moncton, build in 1906 and flooded in 1915.
Opted for only half of the Shelton shuttle, but had a great day just the same.
This was a really nice gentle class III on a mild day with lots of wildlife activity. An eagle's aerial display made it special. Photo credit: Will Wade
A great MAC climbing trip to Vantage. A great time for students, chaperones, and volunteers and anyone else involved.
Successful summit of Mildred Point on a calm, beautiful winter day.
Winter arrived this week. Just not here.
Deep soft snow above 5000 ft, but we left you a nice snowshoe track! No avy danger on this route; interesting burned forest going up.
We got many trees planted and had a fun and productive morning.
We had about 5 volunteers and got many trees put in the ground. It was fun and productive.
Mountaineers Adventure Club (MAC) trip - What was to be a backpack trip turned into a day hike with lots of training weight / car camp. Fun was had by all. The group camped at Vantage the following night, and then motored over to Exit 38 for some cragging the next day.
