Excellent hike, no rain until more than half-way back to the cars.
Nice day, not too hot. Bear. Beautiful sub alpine meadows. Berries. Haze but good views.
Fabulous short scramble of three peaks close to Seattle.
A fairly easy scramble combined with a classic backpacking trip in this beautiful area makes for a great combo.
An enjoyable climb with great students. We had the route to ourselves.
3 1/2 wonderful pitches of ice were found today.
A tour of 5 islands on a warm sunny Labor Day weekend with lots of wildlife and boat traffic.
quick and dirty route info: drive to mowich lake, hike to tolmie lookout and then take ridge e to tolmie peak, hike trail back down to 5800', then descend n, then nw on easy terrain to howard. head n and take moderately steep n ridge to howard/rust ridge saddle. from saddle ascend ne up rust ridge wsw ridge to summit. return to howard. head west down howard's w ridge (going up and over howard jr aka5538) and up to alki crest aka pt5255. continue nw along crest to florence peak.
The ice climb is in, at least for now.
A successful climb for a party of 12.
Nice view of Enumclaw and Buckley, which made up for the clouded-over view of Rainier itself.
Great hike for anyone who wants to improve their hiking endurance. I am a beginner-intermediate hiker and I found this to be a challenge because of the incline. The reward was the beautiful lake at the end!
We practiced navigation exercises simulating fog for the crossings.
Surreal Tokaloo Rock formations plus a great conditioner with cooler temperatures.
Fabulous scramble, we will be back!
A successful scramble, even with all the smoke from the fires.
Beautiful trip to Big Heart Lake spread out over a three day weekend
Some open holes and lots of rock fall on the way up to the saddle where you meet the cool glacier. Crossing onto the cool is over seracs, and the Cool has plenty of open holes. Otherwise easy access, summit is snow free.