Distance: 7.0 miElevation Gain: 2850 ft. We knew we wouldn’t have much daylight to work with, but we decided to make an attempt up Red Mountain. We…… Read more “2017-01-07 Red Mountain Attempt”
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2017-01-29 Skiing King Creek Ridge
Distance: 6.5 mi. Elevation Gain: 2700 ft. We drove to Blewett Pass from Seattle, then continued a bit farther north to the King Creek Road on the…… Read more “2017-01-29 Skiing King Creek Ridge”
2017-01-14 Mount Angeles Attempt
Distance: 5.70 mi.Elevation Gain: 2925 ft. We got to the Hurricane Ridge parking lot around 9:30 AM and started skinning by 10. There were views for days…… Read more “2017-01-14 Mount Angeles Attempt”
2017-03-26 Skiing Arrowhead Mountain
Distance: 5.75 mi.Elevation Gain: 2500 ft. We decided to go on a two person ski tour in the Stevens Pass area, on a well-treed slope. This led…… Read more “2017-03-26 Skiing Arrowhead Mountain”
2017-03-19 Skiing Paradise
Distance: 4.75 mi.Elevation Gain: 2225 ft. Avalanche danger was reasonable at Paradise in Mount Rainier National Park so we decided to do a tour toward Camp Muir…… Read more “2017-03-19 Skiing Paradise”
2017-04-16 Mount St. Helens Attempt
Distance: 9.65 mi.Elevation Gain: 4529 ft. We started by getting a permit to climb Mount St. Helens a couple days before our climb. This is much easier…… Read more “2017-04-16 Mount St. Helens Attempt”
2017-05-21 Mount Baldy
Distance: 7.3 mi.Elevation Gain: 3000 ft. We decided it was time to dust off our hiking gear and do a spring hike on (partially) dry ground, so…… Read more “2017-05-21 Mount Baldy”
2018-03-24 Skiing Mount Catherine
Distance: 8.89 mi.Elevation Gain: 3132 ft. We started skinning up the Snoqualmie Hyak resort (Hyak Face run) at 8:45 AM, a bit later than we had hoped.…… Read more “2018-03-24 Skiing Mount Catherine”
2017-05-27 Mount Baker Attempt/Table Mountain Circumnavigation
Distance: 9.15 mi.Elevation Gain: 3413 ft. We wanted to take full advantage of the three day weekend over Memorial Day to do the Park Glacier route up…… Read more “2017-05-27 Mount Baker Attempt/Table Mountain Circumnavigation”
2017-04-09 Skiing Sky Mountain
Distance: 5.4 mi.Elevation Gain: 2900 ft. We got a surprise snow storm in April and decided to ski on the Skyline Lake Trail by Stevens Pass Ski…… Read more “2017-04-09 Skiing Sky Mountain”