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Backpacking Olympic National Park. August 2022. Day 1 of 5. Day 1 will have us leaving from Sol Duc Lodge and traveling about 12 miles to Hoh Lake where we will camp for the night. We will ascend from an elevation of 1650 ft to 5300 ft before descending to 4500 ft at Hoh Lake. The weather was...

This year's trip to the Cascades continues. The first trip the days before can be found here. This report is photo heavy, and the PNW wetted out my humor perhaps! This trip in particular was high on the list after a trip the year previous on a different shoulder of Mount Daniel. That report...

We need some more Pacific Northwest in here. I follow only in the footsteps of the few, but great reports we have had from the PNW. For the second consecutive year, I headed to Washington. Because of needs from both jobs I had to delay the desired mid-September for the very end of September and...

In September I had the pleasure of a nice 10 day trip, mostly in Washington. I know there are not many trip reports on here from Washington, so maybe you all might enjoy some more photos of some of these places. Plus, I have not posted a report in a while and have enjoyed many of the recent...

Days: 184 - 189 Miles: 2653 - +30 miles back to Harts Pass and 48 miles missed due to fire closure Zero Days: 3 The morning had come. The day I had been envisioning for the last 5.5 years. Would it be everything I wanted? Would that even matter? I felt pretty blaise as I packed up my gear in...

Days: 174 - 184 Miles: 2477.9 - 2653 Zero Days: 0 The hitch we got back to trail from Leavenworth was a delight. The couple who picked us up had partially hiked the trail in 2018 and finished in 2019. It was fun to hear their stories and how relatable the stories were. Doesn't matter what year...

Days: 153 - 174 Miles: 2151.9 - 2477.9 Zero Days: 3 Crossing into Washington in a hurry! Partly because crossing this busy bridge was one of the highest risk things I did on trail. By the time I got to Washington, in my head, I was ALMOST there. Less than 600 miles left! It seemed so close...

As July turned into August, Jenny West and I worked our way up to the Inspiration Glacier and then summited Eldorado Peak. It is during one of the more regular heat spells that come that way more often these years. As time passes, I start to count nights in the alpine more than summits visited...

Glacier Peak is the only deep wilderness volcano in the northwest. At over 10,000 feet and many miles from the nearest road, it is a commitment. I climbed the twenty mile round trip route, from the west, via the Stikum Glacier, in 2 fast days in 1998. It was a delight and I knew I wanted a...

I need a work break, so I'll do a quick trip report close to home, what the heck. My friend Lori and I escaped gloomy fog and feet of frozen saturated snow to walk on terra firma for a few surprisingly nice coastal winter days. After the long drive on Saturday 1/15, we managed to get a short...

Hello all, I've been really busy backpacking this summer so I haven't had time to post here as often as I'd like. This is a trip I did in late june to help me physically prepare for an 8-day mountaineering Bailey Range Traverse in ONP which I completed successfully two-ish weeks ago. I'll be...

After Ingells, with the weather still bad on the crest, Jenny and I moved along to the Enchantments, a place we had been 9 years before. We got the permit easily as we were not looking for a through hike this time. Last time we climbed Dragontail and Prusik. This time we were looking to do...

Another retro trip report killing hours self distancing in the time of Covid. Classic North Cascades National Park backpack and peak scrambles of Black Peak 8970' and Corteo Peak 8090' with Larry, back in the day. Aug 21: We began the trip in the tail in of a rainy cycle, counting on...

Hello! I hope 2020 is off to a good start for everyone! I just got done with two overnight backpacking trips, one a bit more in depth than the other. This one was near Grand Coulee Washington in the sage brush area of central washington. The area is north of Steamboat Rock and known as Barker...

Back in August I had an on & off trail expedition in Olympic National park which I loved. Unfortunately on day 5 of the trip (the last day) it was extremely cloudy and the supposed amazingly beautiful ridge walk was mostly socked in. I found some time to go back and complete (mostly) that...

A few weekends ago my wife and I did an overnight trip to the Chelan-Sawtooth Range. The prime attraction of this area is basically every tree above 7000 feet is basically a larch tree. Which is a light green pine that changes to gold in the fall. The average trail elevation here is abnormally...

Last week I did a grand trip with a good friend. A friend I made this year during my crazy Glacier Peak off-trail trip. Aaron. Aaron has tons of knowledge on the Olympic Mountains where I have next to none. The main goal of this trip was to strike deep into ONP's interior and reach '1000 Acre...

I enjoy making videos and posting photos. I also enjoy the loneliness of the woods. Though I've already done a video and post here I was torn about doing another one. I actually started to question why I'm doing this. My main reason that I tell myself is for higher definition memories later and...

After my monday day hike on Poet Ridge I finished packing for a Tues-Wed over nighter to Lake Ingalls in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. I've been to lots of places in washington but Alpine Lakes Wilderness is one I can say I haven't really been to yet. Mainly because of the huge amounts of crowds...

Hello all, Got to get out in the nice sunny weather. Still don't quite have the time for backpacking yet but we do have time for some nice day trips. My wife and I went to where I proposed to her. A long Rialto Beach near Hole in the wall. A Rock formation with a literal "hole" in the wall...