The weather we have been having lately here in the Pacific Northwest has not been super motivating for getting up into the mountains, particularly with the avalanche conditions that come with new, wet snow. It reminds me of the time we were down along the Columbia Gorge in December and the forecast was nothing but…
The snow forecasts are starting to come in and the pow is piling up in the Cascades of Washington State. But do you know how to prepare to recreate safely, whether snowshoeing or cross country skiing, when winter blankets the mountains? It is time to check out the new app by the Northwest Avalanche Center….
Editor’s note: today is December 1st and for many bloggers it is the beginning of “Blogmas”. It is a marathon of posting every day for the month of December, often with a holiday theme. For some crazy reason I am going to dive into this as motivation to clear out some drafts and repost some…
Let me tell you about how I conquered the Sandy River and why I probably won’t hike the Timberline Line Trail again. First, I have to say that I am extremely glad I DID hike the Timberline Trail and would not NOT have hiked it. The company was wonderful with Greg from The Adventure Continues…
Last May while spending way too much time indoors just watching other people hike, I came across this documentary on Netflix, Figure It Out On The Hayduke by Alex Maier, on hiking this unique trail in the Southwest corner of the United States. If you want to take your backpacking up a serious notch, this…
I took a long weekend to spend some time down around Mount Rainier this March, hoping to not only revisit some places I had passed on the Wonderland Trail but to experience the park in the winter season for the first time. Last year I shared my 2015 adventure here on the blog, retelling about…