September 28, 2021 Jen Pepper Mountain 3.5 miles 500 feet gained
Sevreral hours of umbrella hiking. Fungi are starting to emerge.
Recent Hikes
September 24 to September 25, 2021 Sarah Johnson Broken Top 12 miles 2,250 feet gained 1 night
I really wanted this summit. A year and a half of pandemic without climbing anything, and I wanted to get more rock experience under my belt before completely forgetting what I learned years prior in BCEP. The week prior was spent practicing my prusik hitch and watching videos on rappelling and making sure I remembered an autoblock. I felt like I was ready. ...
September 24, 2021 Woodswalker Ennis Creek 9 miles 1,000 feet gained
I just had a few hours so I took a quiet walk in Forest Park
September 20, 2021 Jen Lamberson Butte 10.5 miles 2,500 feet gained
The air feels so clean! Mountain looks lovely again.
September 19, 2021 Sarah Johnson Moody Island 7 miles 250 feet gained
Chased some sunshine last weekend on the Deschutes.
September 14, 2021 Woodswalker Emil Creek 9.1 miles 2,000 feet gained
I got a night a Five Mile Butte Lookout and then hiked up one of the new trails above the Timberline Trail that Mt Hood Meadows built. The was a bit of light route finding and easy scrambling. I went up to about 7000' but I hear you can continue on.
September 12 to September 13, 2021 runandsew Paradise Park Loop 12 miles 2,500 feet gained 1 night
Quick trip to Paradise Park for the start of vacation! Whoop!
September 11, 2021 Father Guido Sarducci Eagle Peak 7 miles 3,000 feet gained
September 11 to September 12, 2021 Sarah Johnson Egg Butte 14 miles 3,500 feet gained 1 night
September 6, 2021 Sarah Johnson Big Noise Creek 8 miles 750 feet gained
A journey with remnants of giants. Spectacular display of nurse logs on enormous old growth stumps.
September 6, 2021 Woodswalker Lost Lake 8 miles 2,000 feet gained
I'd never been to Mt Rainier so I woke up early and drove to Paradise Park. It was crowded until about 1 and then it cleared out. I also found some short spurs up there that hardly anyone was on. I spent a lot of time in quiet places just sitting and staring at the mountain and views. Completely amazing.
September 5, 2021 Woodswalker Eliot Glacier 6.5 miles 2,000 feet gained
I went a with a great group to visit Mooney Tarn. #willhikefortarns is my motto. Really fun route finding and a bit of easy scrambling. It did involve crossing the Elliot twice. Let's just say when it comes to narrow log crossings I'm not to proud to scoot. Great day.
September 5, 2021 Jen Castle Lake 7.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Went for a swim in Castle Lake! Saw elk poos, elk bedrooms, elk skeletons and even a few elks.
August 31 to September 2, 2021 Woodswalker Walupt Lake 27.8 miles 5,000 feet gained 2 nights
I had a great trip up in Goat Rock. It was super quiet up there. The bloom only remains in small sheltered creeks. We did the Nannie Ridge PCT Walupt Lake loop and the Berry Patch Snow Grass trails loop up to Goat Lake. Water was much more abundant on the Snowgrass side of the loop.
August 29 to September 8, 2021 runandsew Emmons Glacier 98 miles 23,750 feet gained 10 nights
Tagged along with a new friend. No bugs, good weather and great views. Plus, we improved our map reading skills.
August 29 to August 30, 2021 Jen Tatoosh L.O. 17.5 miles 4,750 feet gained 1 night
I started at the south Tatoosh trailhead. Long slog upwards, but once you pass the turnoff for Butter Peak, you get a lovely rolling trip through subalpine meadows and ripe huckleberries as you travel north below the ridge approaching Tatoosh Peak. The eastern flanks of the ridge are just mesmerizing, reminds me of the Wallowas. Acres of steep hanging meadow...
August 29, 2021 Sarah Johnson Umbrella Falls 7 miles 2,000 feet gained
Decided to check out the new trail system at Meadows. Took a mixture of service roads and trail, ending up high on the mountain taking Lower and Middle Wizard. (I'm guessing they will be adding an Upper Wizard?) Ran into one of the trail makers on the way down - he asked us a few questions about whether we made it all the way up, etc... He asked how we liked...
August 27 to August 29, 2021 Father Guido Sarducci Home Lake 26 miles 5,500 feet gained 2 nights
Entered via the Dungeness River TH. Made base camp around 3.5 miles in at Camp Handy. Did a bit of exploring after dinner down the Heather Creek trail. Next day got up bright and early and hiked up to Boulder Shelter, and then continued on the trail to Home Lake which is within the ONP. Home lake appeared pretty full up with people camping in areas where imo...
August 27, 2021 Woodswalker Eagle Creek Trail 13.2 miles 1,500 feet gained
I wanted an easy hike today with some mileage so I went out to the gorge. Amazing trail work has been done, but lots of spots that look like they will continue to be washouts. People are making there way down to Punchbowl even though there isn't a beach anymore. Not too crowded.
August 22, 2021 Sarah Johnson Lost Creek Nature 7.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Plan A for today was canceled (a Mazama "climb" of Eliot Glacier) so we made a plan B (Paradise Park from Paradise trailhead). Met at Zigzag ranger station and the mountain was in a cloud... so plan C. Crossed off an easy hike I'd always skipped. Slowly crossing off more Hood hikes till we get all the way around the mountain.
August 21 to August 22, 2021 runandsew White River Glacier 6 miles 2,000 feet gained 1 night
Started hiking in the dark under a full moon then headed to the west side in the morning to search for a flashlight left last weekend. Found it.
August 19, 2021 Woodswalker Blue Box 12 miles 2,500 feet gained
Beautiful smoke free day on the mountain so I went for it. The flowers are still blooming but faded a bit. The gentians are at peak if you love those.
August 16, 2021 Sarah Johnson North Siouxon Creek 10.8 miles 2,250 feet gained
Up down up down... trail and falls were pretty dry, but it was nice to take a dip in the cool water.
August 15, 2021 Father Guido Sarducci Vesper Peak 6.76 miles 4,000 feet gained
First time hiking Vesper peak and all I can say is that this was one tough hike with the eg, hot weather and extremely rocky trail tread. Felt way longer then 7 miles. The final 1/2 mile push to the summit is a 1000' eg scramble which really takes it out of your. But once at Vesper's 6138' summit you momentarily forget the pain and soak in the spectacular vi...
August 14 to August 18, 2021 Jen Lake LaCrosse 45 miles 11,000 feet gained 4 nights
Day 1: Staircase -> N Fork Skokomish to 2 Bear Camp. Day 2: 2 Bear Camp to N side of Hopper Mtn (headwaters of Home Sweet Home Creek), fun scramble up to Mt Hopper! Day 3 down to the Duckabush via HSH trail and up to LaCrosse Basin. Day 4 back to First Divide-camped along Mt Steel climbers trail. Day 5: Long slog out. Pics to follow
August 14 to August 15, 2021 runandsew Paradise Park 5 miles 750 feet gained 1 night
Another quick trip because of work schedules. Could barely make out stars and the Milky Way because of the smoke.
August 11, 2021 Woodswalker Vancouver Lake 5 miles 500 feet gained
August 8, 2021 Sarah Johnson Lolo Pass 14 miles 1,750 feet gained
Originally intended to go for McNeil from Top Spur, but the trailhead was overflowing. Decided to head to the next closest trailhead and winged our day exploring the PCT, and then took a jaunt down to Lost Lake. Mostly solitude until Lost Lake. All blowdown on the trail looked to have been recently cleared by trail crews.
August 8 to August 10, 2021 Jen Ingalls Peak 10.5 miles 3,750 feet gained 2 nights
My first multipitch climb! Camped in Headlight Basin
August 7, 2021 Jen Nada Lake 4.5 miles 2,500 feet gained
The road up was gnarly, but there were only a few hikers on the trail on a Saturday. Wedge mountain is the eastern ridge overlooking the lower part of the Enchantments. I enjoyed the overcast day, but the views were not far ranging. Still magical! Trail leads up to a point on the ridge at 6200. True summit is an easy trip south for half a mile and 700 ft mor...
August 6, 2021 Jen Snoqualmie Mountain 5 miles 3,500 feet gained
Got this from the 75 scrambles book. Was going to do Guye, then Snoqualmie, but I got distracted by Cave Ridge and a geocache. Started out the hike in a light overcast drizzle that eventually diminished to just moody clouds. Very refreshing. Really liked that area. Caves, marmots, huckleberrries. Decided to head straight up to Snoqualmie from the Cave Ridge ...
August 4, 2021 Father Guido Sarducci Artist Point 2.06 miles 500 feet gained
The wife and I were on a leisurely car camping trip at Silver Lake by Maple Falls and decided after much napping, sunning and swimming to drive up to Artist Point as my wife had never been up there. I forgot that the road was closed for repairs approx. 2 miles from Artist Point so we hiked the Upper Wild Goose Trail up to AP which was pretty much empty due t...
July 31 to August 1, 2021 runandsew Mount Hood 4.5 miles 1,000 feet gained 1 night
Got a zillion bug bites on my head, but went down to check out the White River. Boy has it changed.
July 29 to July 31, 2021 Father Guido Sarducci Flapjack Lakes 22 miles 5,500 feet gained 2 nights
Started trip at the Staircase entrance to ONP and spent a couple nights at the lakes. On day 2 hiked up to Gladys Divide and then up to the summit of Mt. Gladys which had nice views of Mt. Olympus. We attempted to find our way to Black & White Lakes to attempt a loop hike but due to the heat and very annoying bugs headed back to FlapJack for a nice refreshin...
July 27 to July 28, 2021 Jen Butte Camp 15 miles 4,250 feet gained 1 night
Started at Red Rock Pass and found a great campsite on E side of Butte Camp Dome- unfortunately no water, the whole side of the mountain on the Loowit trail is dry until the Toutle. Next day went on a scramble up the slopes chasing goats admiring the unsanctioned routes. Found ripe huckleberries at 3000-3500 ft elevation too!
July 25, 2021 Sarah Johnson Mazama 5 miles 1,500 feet gained
Didn't get an early start, and the day ended up too hot for us to continue with the dog safely. Also, biting flies were vicious and we decided we had had enough of being on the menu. Will try again another (cooler) day.
July 24 to July 26, 2021 runandsew Teacup Lake 22 miles 5,500 feet gained 2 nights
Practice hike for upcoming Wonderland Backpack.
July 21, 2021 Woodswalker Newton Creek 3.2 miles 500 feet gained
Had a great social hike looking at tons of wildflowers. Lupine, beargrass and valerian is all looking nice in the meadows above MT Meadows along the TT.
July 21, 2021 Woodswalker Newton Creek 3.2 miles 500 feet gained
Had a great social hike looking at tons of wildflowers. Lupine, beargrass and valerian is all looking nice in the meadows above MT Meadows along the TT.
July 20 to July 21, 2021 Jen Cooper Spur 17 miles 4,750 feet gained 1 night
Hiked up Cooper Spur, then dropped down and traversed below the Newton-Clark Glacier. Visited the Bandit Boulder! Fun scrambles all around, then dropped down to the Timberline to loop back to Cloud Cap. Stayed at the Tilly Jane Campground for the night, where I was the only tenant and it was free. The next day, I drove over to Elk Meadows trailhead and met u...
July 18, 2021 Father Guido Sarducci Maiden Peak 9 miles 2,000 feet gained
Began hike at the Deer Park TH. I have attempted this hike before in the spring while camping at Deer Park before the car campground opens but there always was to much snow. No snow this time and we hiked up to Maiden Peak and then a bit further but not quite up to the summit of Elk Mountain.
July 17 to July 18, 2021 runandsew Mountaineer 5 miles 1,500 feet gained 1 night
Bummed a loop around the slopes after a night under the stars.
July 14, 2021 Woodswalker Red Hill 8.3 miles 1,750 feet gained
The beargrass is great about 2 miles in and the other flowers are starting. We took Vista Ridge Trail up to the TT and had lunch a bit above Dollar Lake. There are the remains of a pretty big avalanche down in Elk Cove. Minimal bugs. The trail is mostly clear except for big snow drifts near the junction with the TT. Lots of down logs.
July 11 to July 12, 2021 Jen High Camp 9.5 miles 2,250 feet gained 1 night
My niece is visiting from NYC. I wanted to bring her up to the alpine for a quick overnighter. The weather, wildflowers and scenery were gorgeous but the mosquitoes were awful, from TH to 7200 ft just below the Adams Glacier, they relentlessly tried to penetrate our bug bafflers. A comic sufferfest. Could not relax in camp unless inside tent. Packed up and r...
July 11, 2021 Sarah Johnson Rock Creek Lake 4.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
Just a short hike to the top of a pile of rocks.
July 10 to July 11, 2021 runandsew Paradise Park 5.5 miles 1,250 feet gained 1 night
Attended an online bridal shower while hiking which is why we didn't make it to Palmer. Participating in the games delayed us so we turned around.
July 9, 2021 Sarah Johnson Eagle Creek Trail 12 miles 1,500 feet gained
Eagle Creek quietly opened up at the beginning of the month. Team comfort optional decided to spend my last Friday of freedom exploring before I go back to a M-F grind. We left Portland at 7:30, and ended up with the last parking spot close to the trailhead. The morning crisp air was nice, but it quickly warmed up in the canyon. Since there is way less canop...
July 6 to July 7, 2021 Father Guido Sarducci Charlia Lakes 16 miles 4,500 feet gained 1 night
Entered via Upper Dungeness TH and made camp on the saddle above Charlia Lakes. Spent the next day exploring the ridges, above the lakes.
July 4, 2021 Sarah Johnson Lacamas Creek 4 miles 250 feet gained
A short easy stroll on the 4th to get the dog away from neighborhood booms.
July 4 to July 5, 2021 runandsew Umbrella Falls 10 miles 2,250 feet gained 1 night
Backpack with our daughter and her boyfriend. No wind at all and a beautiful time in the mountains.