Douglas Terry
Day Hiking
Successful
Excellent night of sailing with a SW wind of 7 to 12 mph in Commencement Bay.
We practiced paddling in surf, sailing, rescues with sail, paddling along coast in swell, group communication, stove operation and safety, tarp set up, bear safety, bear hang, and such.
The hike has been nicely done with help of participants and a mentor. The expected rain was not hard to hike. The weather was typical April Northwest rainy day. The trail condition was excellent with new parking and bathroom, good trail marks for direction at the junctions. The falls was beautiful with water fall due to the amount of water by rain.
Intended destination Evergreen Mountain Lookout rerouted to Arrowhead due to avalanche conditions.
We hiked up Black Canyon to Umtanum Ridge, topped out at Rattler Benchmark and made a loop along the ridge back to Black Canyon.
A safe choice for a high avalanche danger day and enough elevation to find some falling snow.
When it is scheduled to rain everywhere else, a hike in the rain shadow of the Olympics is in order.
Memorable but crowded! Read the detailed report for guidance on where it's best to stay in refugios vs. camping and how to book the refugio and camp tickets and transport.
A brave foray through rain, hail and snow cleared into a beautiful summit adventure with great pictures!
Snow is virtually gone, and the trail is in great shape (for what it is). Nice weather, beautiful forest, and mule deer.
An early season, after hours scramble up the NW ridge. Started at 2200' and made it to 4750'.
Disappointment Cleaver with the great tsunami of 2017
The trails on the north side of the power road are particularly nice and make a nice addition to a lowlands run. And, there's a big tree.
Water color sketching in the Arboretum with 17 sketchers and leaders in a drizzling rain with light wind. We learned from each other and enjoyed a profusion of greens from new leaves and grasses.
Race cancelled due to high winds and low turn out.
Wet but warm FT brought 61 students their Wilderness Navigation badge -- anticipated winds were a no show. Treated to a never before seen ground-hugging horizontal rainbow during a brief squall.