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....

Katie and I made the long drive to the Entiat river valley in the trusty Prius on Friday night. Once you leave pavement the road is 95%...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...