I had been talking about day-tripping Mount Fernow for years and this perfect weather fall weekend as the perfect time to make it happen....

It was the first weekend on Larch Madness in Washington, and I was looking forward to getting out for a day trip. I had spent precious...

In search of a quick peak I could get in before rain came into Western Washington that afternoon, I chose Bald Mountain (East Peak) near...

Western Washington was at the height of shoulder season – snow had fallen in the mountains but nowhere near enough for winter activities...

The late summer and early fall of 2022 had been unseasonably hot and smoky throughout the Cascades and Washington state. I had been...

Western Washington had been plagued by near consistent wildfire smoke during the exceptionally dry September and October of 2022. I had...

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...

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...

Abernathy Peak is one of the most straight-forward of Washington’s Top 100 mountains, so I decided to make a day trip out of it. I...

With some weekdays available and a decent weather forecast, Katie and I headed out to the Chelan Sawtooths for some peakbagging, larch...

A mid-September venture into the Glacier Peak Wilderness was on the schedule and we couldn’t be more excited. This trip promised meadows,...

With resplendent larches, rugged granite peaks, and a fraction of the crowds of the Enchantments, the Chelan Sawtooths are a great...