Distance: 5.4 mi.Elevation Gain: 1500 ft. After backpacking inside Mount Rainier National Park the night before, we were poised to do another short hike before heading back…… Read more “2016-09-11 Naches Peak”
2016-09-10-11 Dege Peak, Brown Peak, (South) Slide Mountain, Palisades Peak, and Marcus Peak
Distance: 15.1 mi.Elevation Gain: 6100 ft. We got it in our heads that we wanted to spend the weekend on a peakbagging spree in Mount Rainier National…… Read more “2016-09-10-11 Dege Peak, Brown Peak, (South) Slide Mountain, Palisades Peak, and Marcus Peak”
2015-09-05 Esmeralda Peak
Distance: 8.0 mi.Elevation Gain: 3,300 ft. We were chased away from a trip to Wyoming early thanks to rain, but it looked relatively dry in the Teanaway Range…… Read more “2015-09-05 Esmeralda Peak”
2015-09-07 Mount Townsend
Distance: 7.6 mi.Elevation Gain: 3,000 ft. After a ferry ride and decent drive, we reached the Upper Trailhead for Mount Townsend just before noon. Along the trail,…… Read more “2015-09-07 Mount Townsend”
2018-09-08-09 Wallowa Peaks Loop
Distance: 24.8 mi.Elevation Gain: 11,400 ft. After waiting for a better forecast and not getting it, I ended up abandoning plans to climb in the north cascades…… Read more “2018-09-08-09 Wallowa Peaks Loop”
2015-08-31-01 Pingora Peak
Distance: 18.3 mi.Elevation Gain: 4900 ft. It was our first time in The Wind River Range so we decided to tackle Pingora Peak, one of the fifty…… Read more “2015-08-31-01 Pingora Peak”
2015-08-30 Malans Peak
Distance: 5.3 mi.Elevation Gain: 2600 ft. We stopped in Salt Lake City on our road trip to Wyoming for some brunch and a quick climb up Malans…… Read more “2015-08-30 Malans Peak”
2018-09-01-03 Mount Logan
Distance: 40 mi.Elevation Gain: 10,000 ft. We left Seattle early in order to get to the Marblemount Ranger Station right when they opened. We got there just…… Read more “2018-09-01-03 Mount Logan”
2018-08-25 Labyrinth and Minotaur
Distance: 6.5 mi.Elevation Gain: 4000 ft. After significantly downsizing our plans due to rain and smoke forecasts, we landed on this hike near Lake Wenatchee. The hike…… Read more “2018-08-25 Labyrinth and Minotaur”
2018-07-22-24 Glacier Peak
Distance: 32.9 mi.Elevation Gain: 11000 ft. Although Craig completed all of the Washington volcanoes ages ago, I still had Glacier Peak to tick off of my list.…… Read more “2018-07-22-24 Glacier Peak”