Distance: 8 mi.Elevation Gain: 3400 ft. Bandera is a great climb for its accessibility from Seattle, alpine lake views, and fun off-trail boulder hopping options. The trail…… Read more “2019-09-19 Bandera Mountain”
Tag: september
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”
2018-09-29 Frigid, Big Slide, and Big Lou
Distance: 10.6 mi.Elevation Gain: 6200 ft. After spending the night at James and Viginia’s place in Leavenworth and driving past the insanely busy parking area at Snow…… Read more “2018-09-29 Frigid, Big Slide, and Big Lou”
2016-09-11 Naches Peak
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”
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”