Fun and fast trail run in Cedar Downs Park in Maple Valley/Covington, perfect weather for a after work run.
All 9 in the team summit in perfect weather. Congratulations to many first Rainier summit.
Sunny 3-day climb of Glacier and Kololo
One day ascent of the Upper North Ridge of Mount Stuart including the Great Gendarme.
Your repellent is NO MATCH for these mosquitoes. Late season this climb is a volcanic choss-fest.
Good snow and rock leading to the North Hidden Lake Peak. By turning toward the North Peak at about 6200 ft from the main trail, there is some interesting terrain. With or without snow it is a nice route finding opportunity through blocky terrain.
An immersive and strenuous loop trip with gorgeous weather, from the dense forests near Longmire, past several jaw dropping waterfalls, then through alpine meadows to the summit of a glacier carved nunatak.
Summit of North Face of Concord
Mixed snow + rock scramble. Snow melting & disappearing quickly.
A pleasant evening hike in the woods of Cougar Mountain.
On a hot day, most of the students completed their final scrambling requirement for the course.
Great trip, bluebird day on a very quiet Friday, just us and 2 skiers in the area all day. We went through Knapsack pass and then through Spray Park on the return on the Wonderland Trail. A long warm day 10.5 hrs car to car. Parking lot was full on our return.
We had good weather and lots of bats were seen around dusk. An added plus was the large number of nesting cormorants that we heard and saw on the way.
~9 miles 3,300 feet 10:46:29 Snow firm in the morning but soft in afternoon. Watch out for post holes and snow bridges.
beautiful day for a hike, all did well, including an extra effort.