Hiking, Mountaineering, and Climbing in the North Cascades, Washington State
Jim and I had hoped to get one more long trip in before the end of September but the weather did not cooperate. With a 3 day weather window, we scrambled to come up with something. We had hope to do Spider Mountain back in July so we had good snow cover and long days…
Jim, Fay, and I started planning this trip over a year ago when we stood 40 feet below the summit of Bear Mountain and had to turn back. It was not climbable from where we were. At least not by us with the gear we had. Last year, we attempted Bear via the East ridge…
As the book-sized rock shatter over my knees, I was overcome with pain like nothing I had ever experience (and I went through natural child birth). Intellectually, I knew my body would produce enough adrenaline to absorb some of the pain but what was taking so long. While I waited, I screamed in agony. As…
The Mox Peaks, known in Beckey as the Twin Spires (NW and SE), are located in the American Chilliwack Mountains in the North Cascades near the Canadian Boarder. When Fay climbed both peaks in 2006, she referred to them as “Hard” and “Harder” Mox instead of “Easy Mox” and “Hard Mox”. I could not agree…
When Jim and I decided to attempt the Picket Traverse, we immediately thought of Kevin, George, and Fay. Three people crazy enough to think this sounded like fun. We could not have put together a better team to deal with the physical and emotional demands of a trip of this nature. Some how everyone kept…
Complete Photo Gallery for Picket Traverse Posting Day 1-4 Ross Lake to Picket Pass Day 5-9 Picket Pass to Sourdough Trailhead
On September 10th, Fay and I headed out on our annual trip. Just the two of us. The Hanging Gardens and Bannock Lakes hit both our radar last year so it was easy to decide where to go.
After my 5 day trip with Fay through Bannock Lakes and the Hanging Gardens, I anxiously awaited Jim’s arrival to Image Lake so we could climb some of the peaks I had marveled over the last few days. I knew he had a long day of hiking with lots of elevation gain so I had…
The high route above Whatcom Pass has been on Jim and my list since we met. Neither of us had ever been in the area. The high route has the benefit of being directly across from Challenger, one of the prettiest mountains in the North Cascades.
Enjoying a high snow year, Jim and I were excited to try a 6 day trip into Gunsight and Sinister. The area is most famous for it being on the Ptarmigan Traverse near Dome Peak. We had originally planned the trip for Memorial Day weekend but we feared the snow pack would be too much.…
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