

Paradise Ski Tour - Dec 2022
The Cascades had just received their first big snowfall of the year and it was time to go play in the snow. Katie and I chose to go down...
Dec 4, 2022


Mount Margaret - Nov 2022
Western Washington was at the height of shoulder season – snow had fallen in the mountains but nowhere near enough for winter activities...
Nov 20, 2022


Red Mountain - Oct 2022
The late summer and early fall of 2022 had been unseasonably hot and smoky throughout the Cascades and Washington state. I had been...
Oct 16, 2022


Reynolds Peak via Williams Lake - Oct 2022
Western Washington had been plagued by near consistent wildfire smoke during the exceptionally dry September and October of 2022. I had...
Oct 2, 2022


Three Fingers - Sept 2022
It had been a goal of mine to sleep in the Three Fingers Lookout for years. It is an iconic and improbably place for a fire lookout with...
Sep 25, 2022


Robinson Mountain - Sept 2022
I'd been eyeing Robinson for years as a fun day-trip Bulger but had never gotten around to it. That would change in September 2022. After...
Sep 22, 2022


Silver/Tinkham/Abiel - Sept 2022
The weather in the Cascades was finally starting to feel a little bit like fall. With commitments in Seattle later that day, we drove out...
Sep 17, 2022


Lost Creek Ridge - Sept 2022
Katie and I spent 4 days exploring Lost Creek Ridge over Labor Day weekend. This was an area that had always interested me, and I’d...
Sep 5, 2022


Tolmie Peak - Aug 2022
Took advantage of the long days of summer by doing a quick weekday evening jaunt up Tolmie Peak in Mount Rainier NP. The Mowich Lake Road...
Aug 22, 2022


Tomyhoi Peak - Aug 2022
Tomyhoi Peak is great Type 1 fun trip off the Mount Baker Highway. Eric and I started from the Yellow Aster Butte Trailhead at a...
Aug 21, 2022


State Highpoint Chronicles - Mid Atlantic
My dad and I are on a journey to reach the highest point in every state in the contiguous US. We knocked off 8 of them on a road trip...
Aug 4, 2022


Keyes Peak - July 2022
Keyes Peak was a long time coming for me. I had been drawn to it since my first of many trips to Blanca Lake years ago. It also helped...
Jul 9, 2022


Townsend Mountain - July 2022
The weather for the Fourth of July weekend wasn’t looking too great for western Washington. The saying “summer doesn’t start until July...
Jul 1, 2022


The Craggies - June 2022
Bulger season was upon us, and that called for a long drive to a remote part of Washington to kick it off. Katie, my dad, and I made the...
Jun 25, 2022


Mount St. Helens - February 2022
Katie, Marissa, and I made the long drive down from Seattle on Saturday evening with nervous anticipation for what was bound to be a fun...
Feb 13, 2022


Humpback Mountain - Jan 2022
Humpback Mountain is a solid winter destination close to Snoqualmie Pass. There are two viable approaches in the winter, either the...
Jan 29, 2022


Snow Camping 101
So, we wanted to go snow camping, and didn't really know where to start. This was the first time either Katie or I had attempted to snow...
Jan 23, 2022