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December 12, 2015 3.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
Had a pow fest up on Summit East today. Most of the runs at Snoqualmie opened today, but we found no lift lines at Summit East !!! We toured around the whole mountain and took 3 laps as the snow continued to pile up. Today was my buddy Tyson's 1st time out with his back country gear. He held his own and hung in there like a champ. The last run of the day was...
December 6, 2015 1 miles 750 feet gained
Finally got out and got rid of my itch to ski !!! I tried to get out over Thanksgiving weekend, but had some plans fall through with another buddy of mine and decided to just be lazy. I spent all week in Southern California and all they kept talking about on the news was how Big Bear was open and operational. I saw it as we were flying in and wondered how mu...
November 21, 2015 10 miles 750 feet gained
I am going to use this entry to log my training runs around Clark Lake. This park is just down the street from my house and offers a nice trail system around swamp lands as well as a local lake. It is a dog friendly park and provides a great chance for Mindy to get some exercise as well !!! I have figured out a complex loop that will provide 3.25 miles of hi...
November 14, 2015 2 miles 1,000 feet gained
Had a great day out with my buddy Simon. It was his 1st winter summit and he rocked it !!!! ....looking forward to many more with him this season. The only thing that could have made this trip better would have been snow instead of RAIN !!! I brought my skis because there was a video on TAY of some people who got out on Thursday the 12th and had 6" of Pow on...
October 23 to October 24, 2015 14 miles 4,750 feet gained 1 night
I was trying to make late October an annual trip up to the Enchantments, but plans fell through and I still had the time off from work. After looking at many places, I landed on Mount Daniel. It is one of those mountains that I see from Snoqualmie Pass all the time, but often wonder....... What is that large peak covered in snow off to the east. I always che...
October 11, 2015 5.5 miles 3,250 feet gained
Had a great fall outing with my buddy Simon and Mindy. We went up and explored the upper rampart lakes region and tagged the high point on Rampart Ridge. Looks like we missed the fall colors down low by about 2 weeks..... but I was pleasantly surprised with the colors in the higher alpine meadows. We took the back door approach via the Rocky Run Trail. On ou...
September 13 to September 14, 2015 8 miles 3,000 feet gained 1 night
Camped at the trail head and got a nice early start around 6:00 am. The approach to Ingalls Pass went quick and we were up at the lake in no time. The Ingalls Pass area would be a great place to camp and spend a few days relaxing in the wilderness. There are plenty of climbing routes on Ingalls and it would make for some nice alpine climbing from camp. Can't...
September 12, 2015 3.5 miles 2,000 feet gained
Did my annual scramble up the cream of some young guye. Took my buddy Tyson up the South Rib Route. We had a great time and enjoyed the last real hot day of summer. Afterwards we drove to Teanaway and car camped at Esmeralda trail head. The next day we climbed up to Ingalls Peak. This was a nice slam to end the summer season. Looking forward to some fall cli...
September 5 to September 7, 2015 13.5 miles 3,750 feet gained 2 nights
After going to Michele's Cabin the last 2 years for Labor Day, we decided it was time to get back to our roots and hit the trail for our annual Family Backpacking Trip. We had a great time up at Park Lakes near Salmon La Sac. The cast and crew consisted of the usual suspects.
August 15, 2015 14 miles 5,000 feet gained
Saturday was a perfect day for this climb. It was sunny with a nice cool breeze at our backs. The trail was dry and bug free. We hit all 4 lakes on the way up and had some incredible views high up on the ridge. We had the summit of Cashmere in our sights and could have pressed on, but it would have been an additional (4) hours to our trip and we had a turn a...
August 7, 2015 6 miles 2,750 feet gained
Got a quick climb in after work on Friday night. Simon and Keetaan joined me. We hit the summit at just the right time and were able to catch the last bits of sun before the rain sets in this weekend. We took the short cut and used Forest Road 9020 as our access point. This worked out great and proved to be the perfect after work hike and excellent way to en...
August 2, 2015 2.5 miles 250 feet gained
Went out for a nice stroll with Mayumi yesterday. She has been sick and had a bad case of Cabin Fever. It was really nice to just get out and stretch our legs.
July 29, 2015 4 miles 2,000 feet gained
Hit up the Cable Line Route on Tiger Mountain after work. No record setting time, but it was about 1:20 up and 45 min Down. Went with Simon and Randy from my work. Feels good to be getting back into shape. Slow start to the season, but with this weather...... we should have another few months of great climbing !!!
July 22, 2015 3.5 miles 1,750 feet gained
This is going to be an ongoing entry that will capture my stats as I try to catch up on my training for fall and winter. 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 Poin...
July 18 to July 19, 2015 7 miles 4,000 feet gained 1 night
So after 3 months of going to track meets, spending time with my family, and working way to hard... !!!! I finally returned to the great outdoors with Jason Cline. We enjoyed a great trip up to Mount Shuksan and spent a night under the stars on the Sulphide Glacier. Just what the mind, body and soul needed !!! Here is a link to the photos. https://flic.kr/s/...
May 9, 2015 5 miles 4,750 feet gained
Had a perfect day of skiing and skinning up to Camp Muir. Went up with my climbing partner Jason and we both got a great preseason work out. The snow was a near perfect corn mash !!!! My legs will need a few days to recover from this one.
April 25, 2015 1 miles 1,250 feet gained
Yesterday was by far the best day I have had in the back country this year. A few weeks ago I got sick right after it had just dumped in the hills. So I was not able to go out, but this weekend the stars aligned and there was plenty of freshies to go around. This was my 1st time heading to the Chinook Pass Area.... so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. I wa...
April 18, 2015 2 miles 1,750 feet gained
Last year I did this tour in June and wasn't even able to drive to the end of the road. This year in April, I was able to make it all the way to the end of the road. I wasn't sure how long it was going to be before I could start skinning. Given the conditions around me, it felt like it could be a mile. However I was pleasantly surprised and it ended up only ...
February 28 to March 1, 2015 11.5 miles 5,000 feet gained 1 night
Had a great birthday weekend with Keetaan and Jason. All I wanted for my B-Day was a chance to go camping with my son and try to squeeze in a good Alpine Climb. We got to do all that and some sun bathing =) It's crazy how little snow there is, but the Alpine start made for some fun climbing on mixed terrain. We even got a few glissades in on the way down !!!
February 22, 2015 3 miles 500 feet gained
Went out with Mayumi and my good friend L-Train and his daughter. She just turned 2 years old and this was her first time hiking all by herself. She made it 1.5 miles and then we had to carry a sack of potatoes back to the car =). She passed out while we were eating lunch and didn't wake back up until we got to the car. Looking forward to some more trips wit...
January 25, 2015 1.5 miles 2,250 feet gained
Decided to head out on Sunday to work on my tan line. Just as expected the snow conditions were crap, but what we weren't expecting was mid April temps. The higher we climbed... the warmer it got !!! Overall we were just happy to get out and see the sun. We even took in a nice view before we decided to turn around. In the end the snow was just too soft and t...
January 11, 2015 4 miles 1,750 feet gained
Decided to get up off the couch and go see what the conditions were like up near Alpental. The basin has about 4 feet of crappy snow with an icy crust. Lots of avalanche debris and exposed creeks. Everyone needs to pray for snow !!!
