Hike
With the long Thanksgiving weekend bringing us up to the Seattle area, I’d brought along my pack and gear for some kind of outing. Luckily Mark was able to make it out on Saturday and we decided to go snowshoeing up at the Pass. I’d just bought a couple pairs of snowshoes on sale at [...]
early morning late season dark foggy lost wrong turn backtrack discover trails waterfalls find trailhead head out quick hike nice trail good view high point lots of pictures back around easy day a good saturday morning.
Dean and I went up early last Saturday morning, starting from the parking lot just a little before sunrise. Time was short for both of us, but by taking one of our shortcuts up the hill we managed to spend a few minutes up top enjoying the view… Lots of birds out, but oddly [...]
I’d climbed it before, but only in winter, so I was on board as soon as I saw Mark’s email. We had planned to go to Portland this weekend, but that was scuttled in favor of finishing up the work around the house that was left undone from last weekend. No sense doing today what [...]
Dean and I took a new (to us) route up (and down) Rattlesnake Ledge this morning, covering a little less than four miles and over 1100 vertical feet gain in about an hour and 45 minutes. After heading up the main trail for around half a mile, we cut up (and I mean UP) to [...]