Hiking, Mountaineering, and Climbing in the Eastern Cascades, Washington State
For this year’s Golden Larch trip, Jim and I were joined by Yoko, Baram, Todd, Kellie, and Gordy to head into the Pasayten Wilderness. Our peak goals were Cathedral Peak and Remmel Mountain. Jim and I have been trying to get into Cathedral Peak for over 5 years now. We were either stopped by early…
Brooke, Jim, and I were able to squeeze in a trip last weekend. Friday had good weather. Saturday not so much. We decided to do an overnight trip and just plan to hike out in the rain on Saturday. What we didn’t figure in were the high wind gusts on Friday night. Oh well, it’s…
Brooke has been drooling over Jim’s Golden Larch trip photos for years. Since this could be Brooke’s one and only Golden Larch trip, Jim wanted to make sure it was a trip she would never forget. With news that we would be going to the Chelan Sawtooths, several of our friends joined in. We woke…
For our next adventure, Jim combined Brooke’s desire to do the Maple Pass Loop with a climb of Black Peak. As we left Winthrop, we were pleased to have sunshine on the snowy peaks. Any mountain enthusiast can tell you how special it is to be in the mountains on the first sunny day after…
Brooke had a 10 day break from teaching and she wanted to spend as much of it as possible in the mountains. Our weather forecast was cold and heavy rain to start the trip. Jim took us east of the mountains had me book a hotel and then found a lovely day hike full of…
Last weekend, we headed out to Mt Rainier National Park with Brooke, Erika, and Bryan for a day hike loop starting and ending at Mowich Lake. We started by heading up the creek basin towards Knapsack Pass. Once we reached Knapsack Pass, clouds had come in and completely blocked all views of Mt Rainier and…
With sun finally in the forecast, Jim and I headed out last Wednesday in hope of seeing some Golden Larch Trees. The forecast was for below freezing temps which we were willing to deal with in exchange for some views. Since the Golden Larch Tree can only be found in Eastern Washington at elevations above…
Jim and I delayed our hike in to Martin Lakes as long as possible hoping to let the majority of the rain pass us by. In the end, it turned out that the rain didn’t stop until well after midnight. Needless to say, we were very wet when we arrived Martin Lakes. The rain had…
Tony had been planning a week long trip in the Olympics for seven of us. When the weather turned bad in the Olympics, we all decided to head to Eastern Washington for clearer skies and less rain. Our group of seven became eight when Tony’s wife, Suzie decided to join us. We all meet in…
When the weather went bad at the last minute on our Picket trip, Jim and I scrambled to come up with a Plan B. We decided to head over to Leavenworth, the east side always has better weather right? We would try our luck at getting a walk up permit into The Enchantments. The forest…