Distance: 27.3 mi.Elevation Gain: 7500 ft. My brother scheduled to visit town and I decided to take Friday off as a result. He had a bad skiing…… Read more “2019-08-16-17 Lemool, Bulls Tooth & Doughgob”
Category: Trip Reports
2019-07-21-24 Gannett Peak
Distance: 50 mi.Elevation Gain: 10500 ft. Vanessa and I had been to the Wind River Range a few years ago when we had the fortune of making…… Read more “2019-07-21-24 Gannett Peak”
2019-08-03-04 Twin Lakes and Columbia Peak
Distance: 21.5 mi. (~10 mi on bike)Elevation Gain: 6900 ft. My top priority for this summer was finishing my list of “Smoots” and I had just two…… Read more “2019-08-03-04 Twin Lakes and Columbia Peak”
2019-07-13 Sloan Peak Corkscrew Route
Distance: 10.4 mi.Elevation Gain: 6000 ft. We managed to cram all five of our gear and bodies into Jim’s Subaru and left Seattle at 5 AM. We…… Read more “2019-07-13 Sloan Peak Corkscrew Route”
2019-07-07 Goat Peak
Distance: 5 mi.Elevation Gain: 1400 ft. We spent the July 4th holiday in Mazama and decided to cap off our weekend on an easy hike up Goat…… Read more “2019-07-07 Goat Peak”
2019-07-01 Hawkins Mountain
Distance: 8.7 mi.Elevation Gain: 4200 ft. Rachael and I were hoping to go backpacking on the 1st and 2nd but the weather didn’t cooperate, so we decided…… Read more “2019-07-01 Hawkins Mountain”
2019-06-30 Hibox Mountain
Distance: 7.1 mi.Elevation Gain: 4000 ft. For 3 out of the past 4 weeks Rodrigo and I had wanted to do a big trip in the Cascades…… Read more “2019-06-30 Hibox Mountain”
2019-06-22-23 Star, Courtney, Buttermilk & Oval
Distance: 21.6 mi.Elevation Gain: 10200 ft. Rodrigo and I had several plans for an exciting weekend, most of which were not looking good due to the weekend…… Read more “2019-06-22-23 Star, Courtney, Buttermilk & Oval”
2019-05-25-28 Franconia Notch to Crawford Notch Backpacking
Distance: 36 mi.Elevation Gain: 13,400 ft. While Craig was busy climbing in the Olympics, I was on the other side of the country on a peak bagging…… Read more “2019-05-25-28 Franconia Notch to Crawford Notch Backpacking”
2019-06-01 Mt. Skokomish
Distance: 9.6 mi.Elevation Gain: 5100 ft. Having only one car between us, my options for getting out on Saturday were limited. I made a weak attempt to…… Read more “2019-06-01 Mt. Skokomish”