Distance: 4 mi.Elevation Gain: 600 ft. I can see you wondering, “How could a 4 mile RT backpacking trip be a super amazing adventure?” Let me tell…… Read more “2023-Sept 2-3 Super Amazing Adventure to Trout Lake”
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2023-Sept 8-9 Merritt Lake to Rock Mountain Thru-Hike
Distance: 14 mi.Elevation Gain: 4500 ft. (5400 ft. descent) Having been past the Rock Mountain and Merritt Lake trailheads more than a dozen times on Route 2,…… Read more “2023-Sept 8-9 Merritt Lake to Rock Mountain Thru-Hike”
2023-Aug 26-27 Goat Lake & Petunia Peaks
Distance: 14 mi.Elevation Gain: 4900 ft. Craig and I hadn’t been on a backpacking trip together since August 2020 on the Bailey Range Traverse, so it was…… Read more “2023-Aug 26-27 Goat Lake & Petunia Peaks”
2023-08-12-13 Surprise Mountain & Nimbus Mountain
Distance: 22 mi.Elevation Gain: 6700 ft. After almost 3 years since my last backpacking trip, the awesomely amazing Bailey Range Traverse, then growing and having a baby,…… Read more “2023-08-12-13 Surprise Mountain & Nimbus Mountain”
2021-09-04-06 NW Warrior, Little Mystery & Mystery Mountain
Distance: 32.7 mi.Elevation Gain: 15000 ft. I had been hoping to do a long loop through the Olympics by myself, as I had not been on an…… Read more “2021-09-04-06 NW Warrior, Little Mystery & Mystery Mountain”
2020-08-29-09-04 Bailey Range Traverse
Distance: 57.8 mi.Elevation Gain: 15,000 ft.Peaks Climbed: Cat, Stephen, Ferry, Barnes, Queets I would call the Bailey Range Traverse an informally maintained thru-scramble. It’s a thru-hike that…… Read more “2020-08-29-09-04 Bailey Range Traverse”
2020-02-02-03 Haleakala
Distance: 12.7 mi.Elevation Gain: 2100 ft.Elevation Loss: 4100 ft. I had the fortune of having to travel to Maui for work, but I only needed to be…… Read more “2020-02-02-03 Haleakala”
2020-08-15-17 Sluiskin Mountain and Sluiskin Mountain West, Redstone Peak, Pigeon Peak, Crescent Mountain, and Old Desolate
Distance: 41 mi.Elevation Gain: 11800 ft. After a failed attempt at Sluiskin Mountain (aka The Chief) in 2019, I asked Craig to return with me and be…… Read more “2020-08-15-17 Sluiskin Mountain and Sluiskin Mountain West, Redstone Peak, Pigeon Peak, Crescent Mountain, and Old Desolate”
2020-08-05-09 Pasayten Peakbagging
Distance: 62 mi.Elevation Gain: 23200 ft. Day 113.1 miles+4600′ -5100’Pasayten Peak We had planned a bros trip to get rad in the Picket range and climb Luna…… Read more “2020-08-05-09 Pasayten Peakbagging”
2020-07-25-26 Mount Shuksan via Fisher Chimneys
Distance: 13.7 mi.Elevation Gain: 7600 ft. Although I really wanted to do Mount Shuksan, the Fisher Chimneys route wasn’t necessarily my preference since it’s considered the more…… Read more “2020-07-25-26 Mount Shuksan via Fisher Chimneys”