We had great weather and an enthusiastic group. There were no problems.
A ladies St Helens climb on the day after Mother's Day.
Lovely 2 day climb of Dragontail via Pandora's Box
Snow at trailhead covering 99.5% of trail plus heavy snow melt made this usually straight forward scramble and fun, challenging route find scramble with a few T4 moves. Great positive attitudes and pro-active route leading from team. Seeking traditional route and one twisted ankle slowed descent: trip 8am start and return to cars 6:50pm.
A successful photography trip to eastern Washington to photograph the Palouse. Weather was not ideal, but nice views from Steptoe Butte and of Palouse Falls.
Our group of 7 climbers/scramblers set out for Camp Muir at 9:00 AM along with about 500+ others who wanted a day in the sun.
Perfect weather led to near-perfect conditions along the route.
Fun and adventurous Mother's Day Hike/Scramble to McClellan Butte...snow from 3400ft+, a few avalanche gullies to assess prior to crossing and a great scramble at the end. Spectacular views from the Butte.
Flower extravaganza in the shrub-steppe and two volcanoes plus lots of other peaks out.
A Beautiful short climb with views of Rainier, Helens, and Adams that includes snow (and road :)) travel and alpine rock towards the top. Great trip for putting the rock and snow skills we've learned from Basic class together!
Probably a great hike on your own. Don't go with this group if you want to enjoy it.
We had a very pleasant sunny day to hike to Lower Lena Lake. However, there were a lot of other hikers on the trail, and the WTA is also doing trailwork there.
Fourth try is a charm. After three failed attempts this spring, I had given up on scaling Spark Plug this year. But then a narrow weather window of reduced avalanche risk opened and a team of highly experienced scramblers assembled.
A successful summit on a day of not-so-great weather with slippery rock conditions.
Loop hike through Lily & Lizard Lakes and including North Butte.
