Very successful debut hike for me as a volunteer hike leader. Falls were full and spectacular!
route in excellent condition. snow from even before where you exit the road at the 3rd switchback.
Beautiful weather- excellent snow conditions, great views, and lots of glissading
Planned time trial for basic climbing students. Wet weather and thunderstorms meant we turned around to come another day
Fabulous day out in the Olympics.
Successful scramble of "winter route" from Narada Falls to Reflection Lakes and then up to the ridge with a west approach of Foss.
Very pleasant trip, easy walking well informed leader with scope and easy to talk with Leader, Stewart.
Climbed Rainier up the Gibraltar Ledges route and down the Ingraham Direct route.
Enjoyable scramble despite occasional wind and rain. Pretty good views below the clouds, especially of the peaks along the Cascade crest.
A strenuous and beautiful snow scramble (~20 miles, ~5300’ gain) with blue sky views into the central Olympics.
Great early season scramble to practice snow travel skills including self-arrest and glissading.
This was my first hike as a leader for the Singles Activities Committee. It was partly sunny with a nice breeze, the trail conditions were excellent and it was low tide when we hiked down to the beach on the Fairy Dell Trail.
Short weather/avy window for this one, but well worth trying. Absolutely stunning views!
Great Cracks and alternate routes on zigzag
We pretty much had the lake to ourselves since the observatory is not open yet. Excellent weather to hike in but it was a bit breezy at the end of the lake where we had our lunch break. There is a challenging waterfall to cross at the two mile mark. We saw an eagle, geese and a doe.
We pretty much had the lake to ourselves since the observatory is not open yet. Excellent weather to hike in but it was a bit breezy at the end of the lake where we had our lunch break. There is a challenging waterfall to cross at the two mile mark. We saw an eagle, geese and a doe.
Beautiful evening to enjoy dinner at the falls.
The goal of this trip is to get to a nice location with a relatively dry weather for basic climbing students to practice all glacial travel skills. We chose the spot at about 5420', right below the north face of Diamond Head. This was a great location for its ample space for camping, a range of slopes and snow conditions for roped travel and crevasse rescue, and a gorgeous view day and night as a treat. Both students and instructors enjoyed the trip.