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October 26 to October 28, 2013 14 miles 5,250 feet gained 2 nights
New Summit - 15 of 20 for the Year 2013 Last big trip of the year and I was hoping to go big. My goal was to tackle at least (3) Summits this trip, but given the conditions to get up and over Asgard Pass we burned a lot of extra energy and time. We were able to sneak in one trip up Little Annapurna and the conditions on Dragontail looked iffy, so we bailed o...
October 5, 2013 6 miles 2,250 feet gained
New Summit - 14 of 20 for the Year 2013 After not getting out in over a month, it felt great to finally stretch my legs and get up another new summit. It was a beautiful fall day, and the views were amazing. Lots of fresh snow above the 4k level and the fall colors in the valley were intense. I don't think that I have ever timed a trip this perfect. Usually ...
August 31 to September 2, 2013 10 miles 1,750 feet gained 2 nights
On our way up to Michel's Cabin for Labor Day Weekend, a few of us decided to make a day hike up to Lake Stuart. I am not much of a Lake Hiker, so of course I had an alternate plan to climb a nearby peak if time allowed. Axis Peak is short scramble from the lake and would have provided some nice views of the Enchantments range. But it was not meant to be, we...
August 11, 2013 5.5 miles 2,750 feet gained
New Summits - 12 & 13 of 20 for the Year 2013 Coming off my big Trifecta weekend, I thought a quick two-fer would be easy enough. With a small weather window early in the morning, I knew that it was going to be tight and I would have to move fast. I hit Thorp Mountain first and when I got to the summit, it was still nice with some clouds building on the hori...
August 4, 2013 5.5 miles 3,250 feet gained
New Summits - 9,10 & 11 of 20 for the Year 2013 Every year I try and check off a peak in the Tatoosh Range. I think it is a great area that often gets overlooked with its neighbor the sleeping giant (Mount Rainier). Before I set off on this journey, I started looking at the possibilities of doing a full traverse of the Tatoosh Range. I found some really good...
July 13 to July 14, 2013 16 miles 6,500 feet gained 1 night
New Summit - 8 of 20 for the Year 2013 Had an opportunity to sneak out again this weekend and take Mindy up to the hills. With so much work piling up at the office, I knew that I had to go in and work on Saturday. But could I still get out and go climbing ? Possibly if I car camped on Saturday night and got an early start on Sunday. Now where to go.....??? I...
June 28 to June 30, 2013 13.5 miles 7,000 feet gained 2 nights
New Summit - 7 of 20 for the Year 2013 This trip started out with one of my life time friends telling me that his pops was coming to visit from Colorado. We started talking about areas and peaks that would be good for someone to really experience the north cascades. We had a short list and it was all going to depend upon the weather. We would either head eas...
June 14 to June 15, 2013 10 miles 4,500 feet gained 1 night
New Summit - 6 of 20 for the Year 2013 Ruth Mountain has been on my to do list for a number of years. A few years ago Mayumi, Jason and I went to Hannegan Pass with a plan of climbing Ruth and traversing over to Icy Peak. This was not meant to be, we ended up spending 4th of July in a tent for over 48 hours while waiting for the rain to stop. Then on the mor...
June 1, 2013 4 miles 2,500 feet gained
New Summit - 5 of 20 for the Year 2013 Had a great trip out today with The Angry Hiker. With an iffy forecast, we got an early start this morning to maximize our weather window. Turned out to be a great day either way and the early start ended up keeping us cool. After a little bushwhacking and some fun creek crossings, we finally hit consistent snow and sta...
May 19, 2013 8 miles 3,500 feet gained
New Summit - 4 of 20 for the Year 2013 Set out early this morning with Keetann and Mindy. It was the first climb of the year for all 3 of us as a group. It felt great to spend some time out in the wilderness with them again. The forecast for western Washington looked grey and damp, so we looked east and found some sunshine in Teanaway. After a rainy drive ov...
May 10, 2013 6 miles 3,750 feet gained
Left work early on Friday to go squeeze out the last bit of sunshine, before the rain comes again. After reading reports and seeing the memorial for the climber that died up on Granite by an avalanche on April 13th, we were all thinking of Mitch as we climbed on into the sunset last night. It sounds like he was a great man and an avid mountaineer. He will be...
April 24, 2013 7.5 miles 3,500 feet gained
This is going to be an ongoing entry that will capture my stats as I begin to train for this summer. It will continue to grow in mileage and elevation gain. It will also include times / dates and a few notes. The stats for this hike are as follows: 3.8 Miles Round Trip w/ 1,690' of Elevation Gain. This is the Chirico Trail to Poo Poo Point. ....................
March 4, 2013 9 miles 4,000 feet gained
New Summit - 3 of 20 for the Year 2013 What a great way to top off a perfect birthday weekend. The forecast for Monday was mostly sunny and I had a day off from work.... Now what was I to do ? Ahh... Mount Kent !! After my recon mission from a few weeks ago, I knew that the approach was dialed in. Now I just needed to find the Couloir and get up to the summi...
February 22 to February 24, 2013 7 miles 2,000 feet gained 2 nights
We hiked in a few miles to my friends cabin and spent 2 nights and 3 days snow shoeing around. We had a great time and were even able to sneak in a few hours of sledding. On Saturday we hiked up to Pitcher Peak under blue bird skies. While Western Washington was getting snow and rain... we were out cooking under the sun. The backside of the enchantments came...
February 9, 2013 5 miles 2,750 feet gained
New Summit - 2 of 20 for the Year 2013 Had a great day out...even though the weather report didn't pan out as expected. Lots of fresh powder goodness and steep mixed climbing on the ridge. A short approach in the winter with some good alpine climbing.
February 2, 2013 9 miles 1,250 feet gained
Went to Check out the North Face of Mount Kent on Saturday. Looks like an amazing area and worthy of a summit push in the coming weeks. Snow conditions varied... with some areas being extremely slow on the approach. We almost reached the base of the climb after 4 hours of breaking trail. There wasn't enough daylight to make a summit bid. Going to try and hea...
January 25, 2013 9 miles 3,000 feet gained
New Summit - 1 of 20 for the Year 2013 Had the whole Mountain to myself. It was an epic day with every kind of weather and snow condition you could imagine. Low snow pack in the valley and deep powder on the summit.
