December 27, 2019 5.14 miles 500 feet gained
Father Guido Sarducci
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Hikes by Father Guido Sarducci in 2019
December 26, 2019 4.18 miles 1,750 feet gained
Chirico Trail up to Poo Pop Point.
December 25, 2019 5.4 miles 1,250 feet gained
Hiked up to Hugo Peak and then The Trail of the Giants.
December 22, 2019 5.27 miles 500 feet gained
December 15, 2019 6.59 miles 3,250 feet gained
Started at the lower TH and snow begin a bit before the upper TH. That's where I put on the micro spikes. Was able to take the summer trail all the way to the summit.
December 14, 2019 5.46 miles 500 feet gained
December 9, 2019 6 miles 2,250 feet gained
The hike to the falls is a nice hike on a foggy, drizzly day. Hike is mostly snow free which is odd for this time of season. Snow began in earnest a bit above the falls and and It looked like I was the first person to venture past the falls in a while as I broke trail pretty much to Van Trump Park.
December 7, 2019 5.3 miles 500 feet gained
November 23, 2019 10.28 miles 3,500 feet gained
Never done this trail before. Saw some deer and mt. goats but not a single person during the entire hike. Rainier was a bit cloudy but could see Adams, St Helens and even a glimpse of Mt. Hood in the distance. Hiked as far as Mt. Arafat and it looks like from where I stopped Arafat would be a non-technical 4-500' scramble to its 6000' summit. Will have to ch...
November 17, 2019 8.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
November 10, 2019 8.56 miles 3,500 feet gained
My favorite conditioning hike on foggy, drizzly autumn days.
November 2, 2019 7.7 miles 4,000 feet gained
Hiked this trail back in 2016 but due to foggy weather conditions could not see much. Saturday conditions were picture perfect. This is a fun challenging hike with 2 areas where you utilize ropes to scale a couple head walls. Nothing terribly technical though. The trail was snow free but pretty muddy just after The Lake of the False Prophet, which I understa...
October 26, 2019 3.1 miles 250 feet gained
Not a hike but thought I would put in on here. Ran the event with my daughter, son-in-law and 4 year old Granddaughter. My Granddaughter ran the Not So Scary 1k dressed as Elsa of Frozen.
October 11, 2019 8.24 miles 3,750 feet gained
The first 3 miles is nice old growth with a water fall thrown in at the mile and a half mark. Once you reach the ridge at approx. 3 miles take the faint climbers trail to the left and the trail will meander along the ridge for a bit and will end at Florence Peak.
October 7, 2019 9.4 miles 3,250 feet gained
The larches are just changing color. Lots of people...the trail was really crowded.
September 14, 2019 8.56 miles 3,500 feet gained
Hiked to all 3 summits plus to the Hikers Hut.
September 4 to September 6, 2019 18.67 miles 6,000 feet gained 2 nights
Camped at Deer Lake first night and Solduc Park the 2nd. Tagged Bogachiel Peak during the trip. Thought there would be more bear activity but only saw one bear during the trip.
September 3, 2019 6.12 miles 2,250 feet gained
September 1, 2019 12.18 miles 2,750 feet gained
Hiked the PCT as far as Ridge Lake.
August 20 to August 21, 2019 8 miles 3,250 feet gained 1 night
The Lookout can only be reserved by the volunteers who maintain it but there are some nice camping spots by a couple small ponds in the meadows below the Lookout site. There was a really nice couple manning the Lookout who gave us the full Monty tour of the place and told us about the organization they volunteer with which maintains the Lookout.
August 18 to August 20, 2019 9 miles 3,250 feet gained 2 nights
The Lookout was occupied so we camped at the lake.
August 11, 2019 7.5 miles 750 feet gained
August 2 to August 4, 2019 11.5 miles 7,250 feet gained 2 nights
I have a friend who is climbing the Bulger Top 100 Peaks and he asked if I was interesting in a 3 day 2 night backpacking trip which would include a climb of Mt. Stuart using the Cascadian Couloir route. I climbed Stuart via this route many years ago and was not really interested in doing it again but told him I would go on the trip and climb as far as the u...
July 28, 2019 9.5 miles 4,750 feet gained
Paradise was outrageously crowded. We got there @ 8:30AM and the main parking lot was already full. Crowds pretty much everywhere until you got up to Pebble Creek. From there the crowds thinned out as that's where the snow really takes over and the climb up to Camp Muir begins in earnest. Lot's of people at Muir preparing for the summit push.The temps and wi...
July 21, 2019 11.2 miles 5,250 feet gained
Fun hike and scramble to Mt. Pugh's 7200' summit.
July 14, 2019 8 miles 2,000 feet gained
July 3 to July 5, 2019 19.72 miles 5,750 feet gained 2 nights
I have hiked up to the upper lake several times but have never done the scramble up Mt. Lena. It was really foggy at the lake when I arrived on the 3rd so I had my doubts whether the Lena climb was in the cards. Woke up early on the 4th to clear sunny weather so it was go time. Hiked the Scout Lake trail to a small unamed lake and then assended Mt. Lena via ...
June 27, 2019 3.2 miles 250 feet gained
Had an afternoon off from a business trip and decided to check this place out. Nice little visitor center. Was told the highest peak is around 9000’. Went on a short hike to to Dripping Springs but the heat, around 100 degrees, was a bit unpleasant.
June 23, 2019 8.24 miles 3,750 feet gained
I am sure the views from the peak are nice but I did not see any of them because of the foggy, misty weather conditions. Nice waterfall at the 1.5 mile mark. Hike is on my fair weather re-do list.
June 15, 2019 6.5 miles 1,000 feet gained
June 9, 2019 7.2 miles 3,250 feet gained
Sloppy snow present the last 1/2 mile. Could clearly see Rainier, Adams, St. Helens and Hood from the top.
June 1, 2019 12.25 miles 3,750 feet gained
I've heard about this hike but never have attempted it before. It is a workout. The hike begins at the Upper Dungeness River TH and is a nice, easy stroll along the river until you reach Camp Handy. From there you cross the Dungeness River and pick up the Goat Lake way trail. We had a little bit of trail finding at that point but if you keep the river headin...
May 27, 2019 12.47 miles 4,500 feet gained
Began hike at the Upper Big Quilcene River TH. Quite a bit of snow remains above Camp Mystery but no traction devices needed. From the pass hiked up to Buckhorn Mtns. false summit which is at 6840’.
May 20, 2019 5.69 miles 3,250 feet gained
Hiked the tallest peak within the park Baegundae Peak.
May 16, 2019 1 miles 500 feet gained
May 13, 2019 11.86 miles 3,750 feet gained
Mountain is a dormant volcano and is the tallest mountain in S. Korea at just over 6200’. Hiked up to the Baengnokdom crater.
May 7, 2019 7.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
April 27, 2019 5.93 miles 2,750 feet gained
The ONP entrance to Staircase remains closed due to construction so a lot of people were parking near the Copper Creek TH to enter the park via the Shady Lane Trail. As usual little traffic on the Copper Creek Trail which was snow free. Completed the upper loop counter clock wise where in typical PNW weather it was nice & sunny on the climb up and breezy, co...
April 20, 2019 6.52 miles 4,500 feet gained
This has to be one of the steepest trails in the ONF and is one of the few trails in the Olympics that I have never hiked before. The TH is approx. 1/4 of a mile from the Dosewallips washout parking area and is signed as Tunnel Creek TH #841. The climb to 5050 pass is 4500' in little more than 3 miles. Snow became fairly consistent at 4600' and I used snowsh...
April 14, 2019 6.84 miles 750 feet gained
April 7, 2019 5.51 miles 1,000 feet gained
After visiting our youngest son who lives up in Bellingham we did a quick hike up to Oyster Dome. Nice views with minimal effort.
March 30, 2019 18.33 miles 2,250 feet gained
The hike to the old ONP Campground/Ranger Station gets longer and longer. The road up the Dosewallips is now blocked a little more than a mile from the old major washout because of a more recent road washout. This adds about 2 1/2 miles roundtrip to the hike. We went about a mile and half passed the Ranger Station. Fair bit of people were camping at Elkhorn ...
March 24, 2019 7.8 miles 500 feet gained
March 17, 2019 10.3 miles 3,250 feet gained
Started hike from the Elbo Creek TH. Some snow on the trail higher up but no traction devices used. Once I hit the road put on the snow shoes and used them all the way to the 3700' summit. Did not see a single person the entire day on the trail.
March 10, 2019 11.04 miles 750 feet gained
March 3, 2019 13.8 miles 5,000 feet gained
One still cannot reach the normal Ellinor TH's due to snow so began hike at the Big Creek TH. Have never attempted an Ellinor hike/climb from this TH and it does make for a long day. Used microspikes from the parking lot up to the upper Ellinor TH then switched to snowshoes until the avalanche chute. Used crampons from there to the summit. There was an easy ...
February 24, 2019 5.85 miles 2,250 feet gained
HIked to both the North & South Viewpoints. Over a foot of snow at the top.
February 23, 2019 5.04 miles 500 feet gained