Distance: 11.5 mi.Elevation Gain: 6500 ft. Rodrigo and I had high hopes for the long weekend but ended up struggling to make a decision based on a…… Read more “2019-05-26 Tyler, Baldy & Gray Wolf Ridge”
Category: Trip Reports
2019-05-18 Middle and North Chiwaukum
Distance: 12.4 mi.Elevation Gain: 5500 ft. We were spending the weekend in Skykomish and thought this would be a fun nearby ascent with good weather and (hopefully)…… Read more “2019-05-18 Middle and North Chiwaukum”
2019-05-11-12 Little Tahoma and Whitman Crest
Distance: 15.9 mi.Elevation Gain: 9100 ft. Knowing that there are only two walk-up campsites available for the Little Tahoma Zone in Mount Rainier National Park, we got…… Read more “2019-05-11-12 Little Tahoma and Whitman Crest”
2019-05-04-05 Jack Mountain – Nohokomeen Headwall
Distance: 25.5 mi.Elevation Gain: 8000 ft. For a few years, I had been eyeing Jack Mountain, as it was one of the highest peaks of the north…… Read more “2019-05-04-05 Jack Mountain – Nohokomeen Headwall”
2019-03-30-31 Foss, Plummer, and Denman Peaks
Distance: 9.5 mi.Elevation Gain: 4400 ft. Despite slight chance of precipitation, we thought it would be overall good weather for an overnight ski tour in the Tatoosh…… Read more “2019-03-30-31 Foss, Plummer, and Denman Peaks”
2019-03-10 Tatoosh Skiing
Distance: 5.9 mi.Elevation Gain: 2800 ft. Vanessa was working all weekend and I was able to recruit Laura for a Sunday ski day. Avalanche danger was moderate…… Read more “2019-03-10 Tatoosh Skiing”
2019-02-02 Mount Higgins Snowshoe
Distance: 13.4 mi. (5.6 with bikes)Elevation Gain: 4800 ft. I had been wanting to do Mount Higgins for several years thanks to being a shameless peakbagger, and…… Read more “2019-02-02 Mount Higgins Snowshoe”
2015-12-31 Tronsen Head Ski
Distance: 7.0 mi.Elevation Gain: 2350 ft. Three short years ago I was brand new to backcountry skiing, and Craig thought that Tronsen Head would be a nice…… Read more “2015-12-31 Tronsen Head Ski”
2019-01-13 Bullion Basin Ski
Distance: 7.5 mi. Elevation Gain: 3400 ft. With the weather having been clear for several days and temps above normal I had kind of assumed all backcountry…… Read more “2019-01-13 Bullion Basin Ski”
2018-12-09 Guadalupe Peak & Carlsbad Caverns
Guadalupe Peak Distance: 8.4 mi.Elevation Gain: 3,000 ft. Carlsbad Caverns Loop Distance: 1.3 mi.Elevation Gain: negligible I had to travel to Amarillo, TX for work so I…… Read more “2018-12-09 Guadalupe Peak & Carlsbad Caverns”