Basic Alpine Climb - The Fin/Northwest Ridge
Fri, Jun 3, 2016
8:06 car to car. excellent conditions.
8:06 car to car. excellent conditions.
not much snow to walk on until basin ~5800' snow conditions were excellent, summit block dry and snow free
Great trip. Beautiful weather. Hot, Hot, HOT
Unicorn to The Castle Traverse.
Excellent hike with great views, but even more strenuous on a very hot day.
Snow scramble in June to exceptional viewpoint on a record heat day for early June
A successful climb of the Tooth on 6/4/2016.
A climb team of four successfully completed a one-day climb of Forbidden on Saturday 6/4/2016. Weather & snow conditions were near optimal for this trip, and the snow finger leading to the 4th class scramble gulley topping out at the notch on the west ridge was viable.
Unicorn Peak - first alpine climb for Tacoma MAC teen group.
Snow slope up to Teanaway Peak and partial snow crossing to Iron Peak.
Successful climb of The Castle and also scrambled Pinnacle.
Successful summit of a great scramble worth the effort.
The Wallace Lake/Greg Ball Trail was a pleasant moderate hike perfectly shaded with breezes for a very warm day like today. Away from the Wallace Falls trail crowds, it also offered relative peace and solitude
This was a student paddle with Tacoma Basic Class students. We launched at the Horsehead Bay Boat Ramp and Circumnavigated Raft Island, stopped at Cuts Island and practiced rescues when we returned to Horsehead Bay.
This was a student paddle. The trip planned to leave from the Des Moines Marina and paddle north to Seahurst Park in Burien. Due to predicted wind conditions the route was changed to launch from Redondo boat ramp of Des Moines and paddle south to Dash Point County Park.
A beautiful day in the alpine on an easy and short climb in the Tatoosh.
Trail is in good shape to the Ira Spring Memorial. Excellent view from there.
