Great day to hike to Little Drive, between flowers, views, and slightly overcast conditions making it cool enough to avoid overheating.
Great moderate trail for trail running. Mostly single track and very uncrowded.
6 mile 1700 foot hike to Pine and Cedar lake. We took the main, steep trail up and added in a couple of less travelled shortcuts along the way.
A friend and I enjoyed a leisurely 6 mile/2000' trip with my dog Ajax to the Museum and Balcony, first on the trail at 7:45 but plenty of folks and their dogs coming up afterward. Beautiful day.
Evening practice session at Grit Scone.
This was a good snow scramble for students. Clouds prevented distant views, but there were good views of many peaks in the southeastern Olympics.
Nice hike to beautiful viewpoint at Cedar Butte, with stop along the way to learn about the Boxley Blowout.
Pleasant evening for a hike and dinner at a viewpoint.
Single-push effort to climb the Ingraham Direct and ski the Finger from the summit of Mount Rainier.
Beautiful morning outing for 4 CHS-2 students that included a few western flycatchers (among 18 bird species), maidenhair ferns, and two deer. Clear views of Rainier and Baker from a very clean Hiker's Hut. Didn't know there were electrical outlets inside!
Clear skies and low winds made for a pleasant North Ridge climb. Our first time on this classic route!
We had a blast on this sunny hot day with deep blue skies and temps close to 80 degrees. The flow was 1300 CFS and there were countless waves to try to catch. A very active, continuous class III run.
Dang it was hot out in the open with that sun shining down. Frozen and hard surface in the shade heading up the W ridge.
Pleasant trip with plenty of learning opportunities for 9 students on their first scramble.
Firm morning snow made for good travel on the way up; postholing and soft snow dominated the descent.
Excellent dry early season climbing with the bonus of a fun ski descent.
Spring scramble of Thompson Point and Revolution Peak
Our group spent the day on the Sauk River, putting in at Bedal and paddling 8.6 miles downriver to White Chuck campground just below the confluence with the White Chuck River. Active whitewater, wood hazards and swift water made this a challenging and entertaining trip.