Distance: 24.4 mi.Elevation Gain: 7500 ft. We were hoping to avoid crowds and rain over 4th of July weekend, so we headed east! Grade Creek Rd to…… Read more “2020-07-03-05 North Navarre, Sunrise, Old Maid, and Switchback”
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2019-08-31-09-02 Eagle Cap Mountain
Distance: 31.3 mi.Elevation Gain: 6800 ft. With a valuable three day weekend over Labor Day and no good weather to be found in Washington, we decided to…… Read more “2019-08-31-09-02 Eagle Cap Mountain”
2019-08-26-27 Sluiskin Mountain Attempt
Distance: 29.2 mi. (~10 on bikes)Elevation Gain: 7800 ft. I’ve been working on the 100 Peaks in Mount Rainier National Park for several years now, and although…… Read more “2019-08-26-27 Sluiskin Mountain Attempt”
2019-08-16-17 Lemool, Bulls Tooth & Doughgob
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”
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”
2019-05-25-28 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”
2018-10-20-21 The Brothers
Distance: 15.5 mi.Elevation Gain: 7000 ft. I’ve wanted to climb to the top of The Brothers ever since watching a glowy sunset over the Olympic Mountains for…… Read more “2018-10-20-21 The Brothers”
2015-10-24-25 Mount Maude
Distance: 16.8 mi.Elevation Gain: 8,100 ft. After a failed attempt up Mount Maude earlier in the year, we wanted to make a final effort for the year…… Read more “2015-10-24-25 Mount Maude”
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”
2015-08-31-01 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”