A hiker's blog about trips, experiences, training, and resources.
To denotes hikes that involved snow travel
Summary Sunday afternoon hike to the Park Butte Lookout in the Mount Baker Wilderness in the North Cascades. This is a moderate, non-technical hike. The trail gains elevation steadily up to the Lookout hut. The entire hike offers panoramic views of the surrounding ridges and valleys West, South and East,
Summary Saturday hike at Huckleberry Mountain in the Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the North Cascades. This is a non-technical hike that is moderate in difficulty, but is more strenuous once you get into the snow. I did not utilize snowshoes, but did make use of microspikes. I did not
Summary Saturday morning hike and snowshoe at Cow Heaven in the Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the North Cascades. This is a non-technical hike that is strenuous, especially with snowshoeing conditions. We did not make it up to the top portion near Helen Butte. There is quite a bit of
Summary Sunday morning hike and snowshoe near Sourdough Mountain in the North Cascades National Park with a friend. This is a non-technical hike that is strenuous, especially with snowshoeing conditions. The normal trail to Sourdough is exposed to several avalanche zones. The snowshoe route avoids these by traversing along the
Summary Sunday morning (10-March-2019) day snowshoe to Reflection and Louise Lakes in the Mt Rainier National Park with a friend. This is a non-technical hike that is easy to moderate depending on your snowshoeing condition. There were no apparent avalanche zones to worry about along the route. There is little
