Distance: 9.0 mi.Elevation Gain: 3700 ft. Going into spring the snowpack had been above normal but spring had been particularly sunny and dry. This meant a lot…… Read more “2021-05-22 Welch Peaks & Mt. Townsend”
Category: Trip Reports
2021-05-15 Mt. Jupiter Attempt
Distance: 18.2 mi. (5.3mi. on bike)Elevation Gain: 4800 ft. (750′ on bike) My brother happened to be in town for work and had the weekend free. The…… Read more “2021-05-15 Mt. Jupiter Attempt”
2021-05-08 Skiing Spire Gulch
Distance: 1.7 mi.Elevation Gain: 1500 ft. Washington Pass had just opened the previous Wednesday and we had friends that were going to be in Winthrop for the…… Read more “2021-05-08 Skiing Spire Gulch”
2021-04-18 Mt. Bachelor
Distance: 5.0 mi.Elevation Gain: 2750 ft. After skiing Diamond Peak and hanging out with some friends in Bend on Saturday, we wanted a shorter ski day to…… Read more “2021-04-18 Mt. Bachelor”
2021-04-17 Diamond Peak Ski
Distance: 10.1 mi.Elevation Gain: 4800 ft. Avalanche danger is Washington was looking pretty high over the weekend and there were even some special warnings issued due to…… Read more “2021-04-17 Diamond Peak Ski”
2021-03-06 Skiing Yodelin
Distance: 3.3 mi.Elevation Gain: 1600 ft. Hi friends! After spending three months worth of weekends renovating our new fixer-upper, we were desperate to get out in the…… Read more “2021-03-06 Skiing Yodelin”
2020-11-29 Anvil Rock
Distance: 8 mi.Elevation Gain: 4100 ft. Although this was our first ski tour of the season, we decided to take advantage of the low-moderate avalanche risk and…… Read more “2020-11-29 Anvil Rock”
2020-11-01 High Rock
Distance: 3.4 mi.Elevation Gain: 1400 ft. We were treated to some very nice weather for November, but with the short daylength and snow up high we decided…… Read more “2020-11-01 High Rock”
2020-10-12 Squak Mountain Chybinksi Loop
Distance: 6 mi.Elevation Gain: 1600 ft. Laura and I were looking for an afternoon hike that we could do near Seattle after the rain let up, and…… Read more “2020-10-12 Squak Mountain Chybinksi Loop”
2020-09-20 Poe & Irving
Distance: 7.5 mi.Elevation Gain: 3200 ft. It was a rainy weekend in Seattle but there was supposed to be clearing weather on Sunday on the east side…… Read more “2020-09-20 Poe & Irving”