AXEcellent day on the mountain.
Technical-ish alpine climbing off of the Snow Lake Trail, to Source Lake, then Bryant Peak. Snoqualmie Pass, Central Cascades, WA, USA. 28 January 2017. Route here. Details of the route's difficulty: Difficulty: "Steep Alpine Snow Scramble. Class 3." (edited for accuracy/naiveté).
Snownadoes Snowshoe near Snoqualmie (Pass)
Followed the Kendall Lakes Snowshoe trail, back-country'd a bit, and latched to a few snownadoes to reach the Kendall Peak Lakes. Snoqualmie Pass, Central Cascades, WA, USA. (click "play" to start slideshow).
Day-glo to Del Campo
Pretty delicious Saturday Brunch: A trek to Gothic Basin, then a tasty, vegan scramble up to Del Campo Peak. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Snohomish County, WA, USA. 20 August 2016. (click "play" to start slideshow).
Peak to peak: mailbox to dirty box
Hike up to Mailbox via the old trail. Extended the route about a 'k' to the southeast to seek some seclusion. (click "play" to start slideshow)
Wednesday (double) workout shenanigans w/ Becky.
Becky of YIP fame stopped by the cat cave for a mid-week Summer visit. Lake Union, Seattle and Little Si, North Bend, WA, USA. 17 Aug 2016. (click "play" to start slideshow)
Memorial Day in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness
Holiday Hike with @PhillyEcoGirl along the Ira Spring Trail to Mason Lake. Snoqualmie Region, WA, USA. 30 May 2016 (click to start slideshow).
A 'brushtastic' Saturday to Revolution Peak
A 'brushtastic' Saturday around and across and beneath the felled trees, past the snow, over some rocks, and along the brush-covered ridgeline to Revolution Peak. So. Cascades, WA, USA. 7 May 2016 [please 'pause' the slideshow to read the longer captions. Thx! xo]
April Fools Backpacking with my Uncle
Hike along the Forsee Creek and Johns Meadow Trails. Overnight at Johns Meadow. San Gorgonio Wilderness, San Bernadino Mountains, CA, USA. 1 & 2 April 2016
Mayday Parade in the Middle Fork Backcountry
A hill step through the beaten-up forest and past some snow; a siesta on the lake; and, disappointingly, no pepper spray or molotov cocktails to dodge in the Southern Cascadian wilderness on this Mayday 2016. Granite Lakes, So. Cascades, WA, USA. 1 May 2016
Snowshoe Lanham Lake, Central Cascades, WA, USA
O&B Saturday Snowhoe to Lanham Lake from the Stevens Pass Nordic Center in the Central Cascades. Lanham Lake, Central Cascades, WA, USA. 6 February 2016
Lake Valhalla Snowshow, Central Cascades, WA, USA
Snowshoe through the Snowy Pacific NW Wilderness from Hwy 2 out to Lake Valhalla, January 2016 [click 'play' to start]
Summer Backpack to Spade Lake, Okanogan-Wenatchee Nat'l Forest, WA, USA
Backpack to Spade Lake in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest via the Waptus River and Waptus Lake trails. August 2015. [click 'play' to start slideshow]