Alpine scramble up Cowboy Mountain with the Mountaineers was cut short due to avalanche risk and poor visibility.
A very pleasant day climbing an attractive mountain in a beautiful area.
Packrafted this beautiful river from April 21 - 25 with a flow of 1900, dropping to 1300 during our trip. At this flow, there were no Class IV rapids. Putin and takeout was very busy as perfect water levels but able to find camping and solitude once on the river.
Nice day, 60s, light winds. Saw several Racoons, some frolicinf sea lions, and a ratfish.
The Olympia Mountaineers sponsored four stewardship trips throughout April to help our wonderful Olympic National Forest recreation managers clean up and prepare five campgrounds for opening. Four Olympia Stewardship Leaders stepped up to make this happen with amazing participation from members of 5 Mountaineers branches, making this a great success.
Four of us enjoyed stellar weather and rare solitude on this popular trail and topped it off with lunch pizza at Edison's Terramar Brewstillery. 18 bird species and wonderful conversation with 3 mph start and 2.5 mph average pace.
This trip made for a long day from Olympia, but the views from the trail and the variety of wildflowers more than made up for time in the car - that and the ice cream stop on the way home!
Long day with great views of Index and a potpourri of obstacles towards Philadelphia summit
Good place to walk with bathrooms, ample parking and optional trails
Todd did a great job with a fun group of 6 CHS-2 hikers with a view of Rainier, banana slug, great conversation, and 16 bird species including a black-throated gray warbler, Pacific wrens, a raven, and some brown creepers. 2.5 mph pace felt easy for this strong group.
Warm day and cornices prevented a summit. Will have to come back in summer.
We had a great day for photographing the tulips at Roozen Gaarde today.
Trip modified due to high winds along Puget Island. Paddled around Hunting and Price Islands from Cathlamet up past Skamokawa instead, through the Julia Butler Hansen Wildlife Refuge. Beautiful day, but windy.
The sailing trip started with light air conditions, so we went to Percival Landing to practice docking at the public docs. Then the wind picked up and we sailed out into Budd Inlet. We practiced trimming sails for all points of sail, practiced 6 up wind tacks, and 4 downwind gybes, before returning home. The students both did great.
A fun scramble conditioner, complete with some adventure hiking, no rain, and a watermelon!!!
Had a great sail, all students did very well.
A group of three experienced scramblers chose Humpback as a close-to-home destination on a day with iffy weather. The weather held up, and we enjoyed the spring snow, despite the lack of views.
A one day climb up Leuthold Couloir to the summit of Mt Hood