Distance: 6.4 mi.Elevation Gain: 2600 ft. As we drove to McCall, Idaho for a wedding, we decided we wanted to run up a peak in Idaho and…… Read more “2018-06-16 Jughandle Mountain”
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2015-06-07 Del Campo Peak
Distance: 10.8 mi.Elevation Gain: 4800 ft. We started out at the Gothic Basin trailhead at 8:15 AM. This was the first time I had hiked up the…… Read more “2015-06-07 Del Campo Peak”
2015-06-28 Mount Buckner and Sahale Peak
Distance: 18.1 mi.Elevation Gain: 8650 ft. We were lucky that our friends Trevor and Brad were able to get to the Marblemount Ranger Station the day before…… Read more “2015-06-28 Mount Buckner and Sahale Peak”
2016-06-26 Mount Adams
Distance: 12.2 mi.Elevation Gain: 6860 ft. We slept at the trailhead and got started at 2:45 AM, walking on dry trail in our trailrunners with our skis…… Read more “2016-06-26 Mount Adams”
2018-06-02 Reynolds Peak
Distance: 12.0 mi.Elevation Gain: 5740 ft. I had previously failed to get up Reynolds in September 2010. I had been wanting to get back to do it…… Read more “2018-06-02 Reynolds Peak”
2016-06-05 Mount Hood
Distance: 7.5 mi.Elevation Gain: 5400 ft. We got started at 1 AM after “sleeping” briefly in the Hood parking lot. Luckily the snow still reached the lot,…… Read more “2016-06-05 Mount Hood”
2015-05-30 Stawamus Chief
Distance: 3.7 mi.Elevation Gain: 2800 ft. We were in Squamish to do some climbing with friends, but decided we also wanted to check out this popular hike.…… Read more “2015-05-30 Stawamus Chief”
2015-05-23-25 Mount Olympus Attempt
Distance: 40.8 mi.Elevation Gain: 8600 ft. Due to the low snow year, conditions were appropriate for a Mount Olympus attempt over Memorial Day. We weren’t the only…… Read more “2015-05-23-25 Mount Olympus Attempt”
2016-05-21 Black Butte
Distance: 4 mi.Elevation Gain: 1600 ft. We were intending to do some fun climbing at Smith Rock on this day but we woke up at the campground…… Read more “2016-05-21 Black Butte”
2016-05-07 Naches Peak Ski
Distance: 4.6 mi.Elevation Gain: 1800 ft. We parked at Cayuse Pass, which had just opened up for the summer, at 9:15 AM and walked up the road…… Read more “2016-05-07 Naches Peak Ski”