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July 3, 2016 15 miles 3,500 feet gained
Wide awake at 4am suffering from severe jet lag, I headed to Mt Adams for some trail time. Exploring Riley Camp trail has been on my to do list for awhile and my intention was to do an up and back hike to treeline but instead I ended up doing a longer loop by taking the "Riley Camp cutoff" -- trail 64a -- to the PCT then head north until catching Riley Camp ...
June 24, 2016 10 miles 2,000 feet gained
This is more of a compilation of day trips than an actual hiking trip report. We ("the family") spent a couple weeks hitting high spots in Bavaria with several cross border forays into Austria. The Bavarian alps remind me a lot of the north cascades while the Austrian alps go to the next level altogether. I did find it interesting that most hiking signs are ...
June 6, 2016 7 miles 2,250 feet gained
I needed a nice low key hike to work out the stiff legs from Saturday's Beacon Rock 25k. There's still no finer place in the PNW than Silver Star. Just an awesome place to sit and eat lunch. The views were a little hazy but I could still see as far as North Sister to the south and saddle mountain to the west.
May 25, 2016 4.5 miles 3,000 feet gained
First summit, second attempt. After a cold, windy night in the parking lot, we set out around 2am for the summit. The cloud level remained near the 6000' level the entire time which left the sky clear albeit in the low 20's by the time we reached the hogsback. We ended up taking the old chute route thru the 1 O'clock couloir. 50' or so from the top my iPhone...
May 20, 2016 4.5 miles 2,000 feet gained
Despite the gloomy weather report, the skies were blue at paradise...should have been a great morning at the summit for those who went to the top. My plan was a "quick" up and back to Camp Muir but shortly past panoramic point I had a major crampon blow out. I'd had problems with it on MSH last week but thought it was fixed. Off to REI...
May 9, 2016 10 miles 5,750 feet gained
Managed to squeeze in a trip before the snowpack completely disappeared. Windy, mostly cloudy with no views of Adams or Hood but tons of fun glissading.
May 6, 2016 5.5 miles 2,750 feet gained
April 9, 2016 12.5 miles 3,250 feet gained
Not a better way to spend 5 hours of your life.
March 23, 2016 6 miles 3,000 feet gained
March 13, 2016 7.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
March 1, 2016 4 miles 500 feet gained
Some logging road hiking and rough bushwacking with Henry.
February 28, 2016 6.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
One of my favorite former day hikes.
February 26, 2016 6 miles 1,500 feet gained
February 25, 2016 5 miles 1,250 feet gained
Spent some time in Roanoke, Va and managed a few hikes down memory lane in the process.
February 1, 2016 4.5 miles 250 feet gained
Halfway thru an afternoon chasing Chukars, Henry decided to explore the Deschutes Canyon below Macks Canyon by himself and spent a cold night on his own until I could come back the next morning to look for him. The old hunters trick of leaving a piece of clothing in the area worked like a charm as he was laying there at 10am covered in frost sleeping on my o...
January 1, 2016 5.5 miles 1,250 feet gained
Windy with knee deep snow at the top.
