July 26, 2014 8.5 miles 3,250 feet gained
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Hikes by The Angry Hiker in 2014
July 1, 2014 7.5 miles 3,500 feet gained
May 31, 2014 4 miles 3,750 feet gained
The weather was perfect. The snow was perfect. Even my digestive system was perfect. It's hard to ask for a better day than this one.
April 13, 2014 7.5 miles 3,500 feet gained
This is an old decommissioned trail to the top, steeper and less maintained than the official trail, but a great way to avoid the poodle herders and squeakers on a sunny weekend.
April 5, 2014 3 miles 2,250 feet gained
Quick conditioning hike on a rainy day.
March 23, 2014 8.5 miles 3,250 feet gained
The plan was to run up Mailbox Peak and vandalize the mailbox, as I do every Spring, but it looked like the peak got a ton of new snow during the week. That trail is a slog when it's dry - only an insane Irishmen or a middle aged man with something to prove would climb it ass-deep in snow. So I decided to do Mount Si instead. Si was compact snow most of the ...
March 15, 2014 5 miles 1,500 feet gained
The weather outlook was gloomy, so I made a quick run up Rattlesnake and had the upper ledges all to myself before the rain and the poodle herders arrived.
March 12, 2014 3.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
Yep, two poops in one week. This was an annual afternoon jaunt with co-workers to shank some golf balls off the mountain. It's mainly a contest for distance, but you get bonus points for hitting other hikers, dogs, paragliders, and cars on the freeway. B-Dog won this year's competition, but only because everyone else was too chicken-sh*t to play. He hit a pr...
March 8, 2014 5 miles 2,250 feet gained
B-Dog wanted to meet up at 8 am, but you have to hit this trail early if you want to beat the poodles. I was already on the summit by the time he crawled out of bed and moseyed to the trailhead. So I went back down the mountain and climbed it again. I was about to go for #3 when he finally showed up. For a "training climb," he sure takes his own sweet time.
January 18, 2014 7 miles 2,500 feet gained
B-Dog dragged me up here for a little pre-season snowshoeing, but the trail is popular with cross-country skiers with bladder control issues. We hiked back to Source Lake - a little, half-frozen booger of a pond - and then decided to head up onto the ridge for a look at Snow Lake. The snow was like concrete on the ascent, so I made like I was running out of ...
