Oct 15, 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 2, 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...
Sep 24, 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 22, 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 16, 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 4, 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...
Aug 22, 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 20, 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 3, 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...
Jul 8, 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...
Jun 30, 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...
Jun 24, 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...
Feb 13, 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...
Jan 29, 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 23, 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...
Oct 6, 2021
Abernathy Peak - Oct 2021
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...
Sep 22, 2021
Sawtooth Slam - Sept 2021
With some weekdays available and a decent weather forecast, Katie and I headed out to the Chelan Sawtooths for some peakbagging, larch...
Sep 16, 2021
High Pass and Buck Mountain - Sept 2021
A mid-September venture into the Glacier Peak Wilderness was on the schedule and we couldn’t be more excited. This trip promised meadows,...
Sep 6, 2021
Gunn Peak - Sept 2021
With another great September day on our hands, Fern, Isabel and I headed out in search of Gunn Peak (or the infinity tarn if we were...
Jul 26, 2021
Desolation Peak - July 2021
Desolation Peak is a worthy destination not only because of its unique approach and incredible scenery, but also because of the...