April 9, 2016 Jim 12.5 miles 3,250 feet gained
Not a better way to spend 5 hours of your life.
Recent Hikes
April 9, 2016 B-Dog 1.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
The day started off with a tee time @ 7:00 a.m. and I got a quick 9 in before heading off to North Bend to meet my buddy Tyson. We finished our round with sometime to spare, so we enjoyed some breakfast and a few screw drivers !!! Not a bad way to start my first day of spring touring. The snow was great and it was definitely T-Shirt & Shorts weather =). We g...
April 9, 2016 Rich 17 miles 4,500 feet gained
April 9, 2016 Father Guido Sarducci 8.13 miles 4,000 feet gained
Trail is fairly crowded up to the falls but beyond that crowds are light. Snow begins approx 500' from the summit and while traction devices are not absolutely necessary it did make the final assent and subsequent descent much easier.
April 9, 2016 Woodswalker 10.7 miles 1,000 feet gained
Since I had a super long work week coming up, I decided to do a second day of hiking. Headed up the Labyrinth trail up towards Atwood and wandered, exploring abandoned 4WD roads, looking at flowers and the visible clouds of tree pollen in the air. Apparently the Camas is full on lower down, but we wanted to avoid the crowds, so we stayed up high.Super beauti...
April 8, 2016 Woodswalker 10 miles 1,000 feet gained
Beautiful sunny day at my favorite go to hike. Glacier lilies are a bit wilted, larkspur is awesome, chocolate lilies, blue eyed Mary, mimulus and plectritis are all going strong. Tish creek was easy to cross. A wonderful restorative day.
April 8, 2016 pizza pal 12.65 miles 0 feet gained
April 6, 2016 Woodswalker 3 miles 500 feet gained
Took two of my dearest friends on a picnic outing to the Columbia Hills area. We strolled and scrambled around Horsethief Butte for a good long while. On the way out we ran into a group of students learning how to do cultural site assessment. Then we drove down to Crawford Oaks and actually used the picnic table, to have a wonderful lunch, with a tablecloth,...
April 5, 2016 pizza pal 2.6 miles 0 feet gained
April 4 to April 5, 2016 runandsew 4.5 miles 1,250 feet gained 1 night
Started night hiking at 11pm. Beautiful star filled night.
April 3, 2016 Woodswalker 8.2 miles 1,250 feet gained
We headed out to join the hordes of flower seekers. To our delight, it was surprisingly uncrowded. We modified the basic loop a bit and added some lower plateau wanderings. Balsam root is spectacular right now. Lupines are blooming but not at peak yet. Phlox were looking good and of course the car is still there is the densest flower meadow of all. Wonderful...
April 3, 2016 Rhonda 2 miles 250 feet gained
Wanted something close by that I could trail run. Opal Creek was destination however the roads were awful so stopped and did a quick 2 miler at Henline Falls.
April 2, 2016 BeaverDawg 7 miles 1,500 feet gained
April 2, 2016 Mogtrekker 9 miles 2,000 feet gained
April 2, 2016 Rhonda 9 miles 2,000 feet gained
Planned to snowshoe up by Coldwater. Ended up carrying them the whole way. Went up past the equipment and then did some wandering in the area.
April 2, 2016 Father Guido Sarducci 5.78 miles 4,000 feet gained
Up & down the old trail.
April 1, 2016 pizza pal 5 miles 0 feet gained
March 30, 2016 Karl 15 miles 3,000 feet gained
With the sudden onset of summer weather, we decided to go snowshoeing - go figure! It was an unbelievably beautiful day up in the blast zone. So much so, we both came home with rather nasty sunburns, despite being at least somewhat cautious to avoid them. The views and fresh mountain air more than made up for that, though. Started from the Hummocks trailhead...
March 30, 2016 Woodswalker 6.35 miles 1,500 feet gained
Just a short flu recovery hike. I made a big loop with some side explorations around Tracy hill area. On the east side the grass widows are now few and far between. Some shooting stars, Lupines and Larkspurs getting ready to go. Wonderful day out there.
March 27, 2016 runandsew 7.5 miles 250 feet gained
Beautiful morning spent passing out Easter chocolate to other hikers.
March 27, 2016 Rhonda 4.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
Finally got a small hike in. Plan B backup hike. Stahlman Point. Marion Lake needs snowshoes (didn't plan thoroughly enough), and they had a search and rescue happening (found safe thankfully).
March 27, 2016 Father Guido Sarducci 5.45 miles 750 feet gained
Short Easter Day hike with the family.
March 26, 2016 JM 8 miles 1,500 feet gained
Mid spring outing to see the bloom, get some sun. I've been doing more biking than hiking as of late.
March 26, 2016 BeaverDawg 3.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
March 26, 2016 Roman 6.27 miles 1,750 feet gained
March 26 to March 27, 2016 Outside + Stuff 8 miles 1,000 feet gained 1 night
Not wanting to spend the night in snow, we headed out to Ancient Lakes for the first time. The hike in is incedibily easy. We set up camp away from everyone else, made our way up the waterfall, and then continued to scramble up some of the steep mesa walls. Beautiful views looking back down. Just make sure you pack in your water. The lakes are full of chemic...
March 26, 2016 Greg 5 miles 1,500 feet gained
March 25, 2016 BeaverDawg 5.5 miles 500 feet gained
March 25, 2016 B-Dog 1 miles 1,000 feet gained
I left work at 4:20 and raced home to get my touring gear. Made it to the parking lot of Summit East by 6:00 and started skinning. Got to the top of Mount Hyak just in time to catch the sunset. Quickly stripped my skins and got ready for the ski down. Missed the ripe corn by about 20 min. Things were cooling down fast and it was just enough time for an annoy...
March 24, 2016 Roman 4 miles 750 feet gained
Decided to wait out evening traffic in the Gorge, and visit some falls I never been to due to very short hike distance (Upper Latourell Falls, Shepperd's Dell, and Bridal Veil). All were very nice, and the drive home at 8pm was really quick, much better than if I headed west at 4:30.
March 24, 2016 pizza pal 3.2 miles 0 feet gained
March 23, 2016 Jim 6 miles 3,000 feet gained
March 19, 2016 Stacey 18 miles 1,500 feet gained
Arranged a car swap, which allowed us to hike one way, from Wheeler Pond to Foss Rd.
March 19, 2016 Greg 6 miles 1,250 feet gained
March 19, 2016 Greg 2.1 miles 500 feet gained
March 19, 2016 j reid 5.5 miles 250 feet gained
An overcast day for a hike, but the temperature was just about right. This was the 3rd time I've explored this particular trail and now that we're drifting into spring, I can just envision that it's going to be spectacular over the coming weeks. I'll have to plan to get back here when things start to pop. Some challenging spots, but it's all in preparation f...
March 19, 2016 Roman 7.56 miles 2,500 feet gained
Really nice hike for sun and views, though powerline road wasn't really scenic choice; next time I'll just hike Oak Ridge Trail out and back. Still 1+ feet of snow on forested part of Surveyors Ridge trail, with heavy blowdown for about half mile.
March 19, 2016 Rich 17.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
March 18, 2016 Father Guido Sarducci 8.98 miles 3,000 feet gained
Mossy.
March 17, 2016 Roman 7.25 miles 2,500 feet gained
Very little tracked (almost a bushwhack) but fun ridge route, with some exploring on the plateau.
March 13, 2016 Jim 7.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
March 13, 2016 Father Guido Sarducci 8.33 miles 3,500 feet gained
A little bit of everything weather wise from sunny @ the start, light snow/rain in the middle, to blizzard like conditions during the summit approach.Great fun!
March 12, 2016 Outside + Stuff 13 miles 3,750 feet gained
Our final hike in El Chalten. This viewpoint was one of the best to be had. And we wished we had done this a bit earlier in the trip as our feet were rather murdered at this point. We even saw a Guanaco on our way up.
March 12, 2016 Greg 5.2 miles 750 feet gained
March 12, 2016 Rich 17 miles 2,000 feet gained
March 11, 2016 Outside + Stuff 4 miles 500 feet gained
With a little time to spare in the day, we decided to hike up to the Mirador de los Condores to get a better view of El Chalten. This is an easy hike and it's one that a lot of visitors do when they reach the ranger station at El Chalten.
March 11, 2016 Outside + Stuff 5 miles 1,500 feet gained
What started out as a simple hike to see a beautiful waterfall turned into a route finding scramble to get an amazing look at Monte Fitz Roy. Turns out, we scrambled up the backside and we were overlooking the Mirador for Fitz Roy. So we had an even better view than the people below us.
March 10, 2016 Outside + Stuff 5 miles 500 feet gained
Day five, time to pack out and head back to El Chalten. Of course the weather has kicked back up and we spend most of the time hiking in the wind and rain. Thankfully the sky clears by the time we get back to town so we can have a tasty beer in the sunshine.
March 9 to March 10, 2016 Outside + Stuff 10 miles 3,750 feet gained 1 night
Day four, we decide to take a boot path up to Loma de las Pizarras and see what kind of trouble we could get into. We end up making the scramble, but only after much convincing due to the flaky razor thin rocks being a bit sketchy.