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”
Tag: scrambling
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”
2021-07-25 Illabot Peaks
Distance: 6.6 mi.Elevation Gain: 2800 ft. After hiking to Valhalla Lake and not actually fishing because of the bugs and all the people, I wanted to get…… Read more “2021-07-25 Illabot Peaks”
2021-07-05 Independence Peak & Some Lakes
Distance: 7.4 mi.Elevation Gain: 4000 ft. Monday, July 5 was the observed Independence Day. I had wanted to get into the mountain loop to be able to…… Read more “2021-07-05 Independence Peak & Some Lakes”
2021-07-11 Breccia Peak
Distance: 10.7 mi.Elevation Gain: 4700 ft. I had been eyeing a trip up Breccia for a little while and Matt happened to suggest it…so we were off…… Read more “2021-07-11 Breccia Peak”
2021-07-24 Valhalla Lake & Lichtenberg Mountain
Distance: 9 mi. (6.6 to the lake and back)Elevation Gain: 2300 ft. (1400 to the lake and back) Laura was interested in a relaxed hike to a…… Read more “2021-07-24 Valhalla Lake & Lichtenberg Mountain”
2021-08-22 Appleton, Everett, Boulder Peak
Distance: 36.4 (16.4 on bike) mi.Elevation Gain: ~10k (2k on bike) ft. – GPS said 13,640′ but I think that is exaggerated I had originally planned a…… Read more “2021-08-22 Appleton, Everett, Boulder Peak”
2021-05-28 Lightning Peak
Distance: 6.3 mi.Elevation Gain: 4000 ft. Plans for bigger objectives were foiled by late May snowfall, so we dialed the plans back to this low elevation peak.…… Read more “2021-05-28 Lightning Peak”
2021-06-19 Tamanos Mountain
Distance: 10.2 mi.Elevation Gain: 3200 ft. This was birthday weekend for Brian and I, so we headed out with Jim to Rainier for a relatively easy scramble.…… Read more “2021-06-19 Tamanos Mountain”