My Mount Phelps trip was a rousing success! Pictures are here. I biked from SE Seattle to almost the end of the North Fork Snoqualmie Road pretty much per the Google bike directions. This route worked well except for the jaunt through Snoqualmie Ridge; the trail connecting the Preston-Snoqualmie Trail to Snoqualmie Ridge is quite… Continue reading Mt. Phelps Bagged
Category: Climbing-Scrambling
Mt. Phelps or Bust
I am currently on my way to climb Mt. Phelps, using only human power to get there from home. Mt. Phelps (incorrectly named “McClain Peaks” on Google and USGS maps) is a prominent dome-shaped peak clearly visible east of Seattle. I have had my eye on this peak for a while and it took some… Continue reading Mt. Phelps or Bust
Sierra Pictures
I know it’s been almost a year since I went on a 10-day hike on the South Sierra High Route, but I finally sorted through the many pictures that the three of us took and posted the highlights in a gallery. See the gallery here Someday, if I find time to sort through my notes… Continue reading Sierra Pictures
Return to Carbon River
Over the weekend of August 2-5, I had a free 3-day weekend and I decided to ride up the Carbon River near Mt. Rainier and do some scrambling, somewhat retracing another trip I had done several years ago. This time my plan was to ride to Ipsut camp at the end of the Carbon River… Continue reading Return to Carbon River
Adventure to the Canadian Southwest
My adventure to the Canadian Southwest, which I initially described here, was a great success! It took me over a month to compose and polish the trip journal, but here it is. Photo highlights are posted here. Planning BC was fairly unfamiliar territory to me; nothing much beyond a few ski trips to Whistler years… Continue reading Adventure to the Canadian Southwest
Off to Explore the Southwest
I am currently on a northbound Amtrak train headed to Southwestern British Columbia, for a multimodal extended weekend adventure. Bob and my touring bike are secured in the baggage car, and we are scheduled to arrive in Vancouver at 22:50. From there, the plan is a little less defined, but is roughly as follows: Thursday:… Continue reading Off to Explore the Southwest
Blum-Bacon High Route
It’s been like three months since I successfully completed an alpine high route from Mount Blum to Bacon Peak. This was I trip I did over Labor Day weekend; the rough plan was outlined in a previous post that I wrote while on the northbound train to Mt Vernon. Since returning, I have been gradually… Continue reading Blum-Bacon High Route