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…
I have a mental bucket list of hikes and snowshoes I want to do in my lifetime with a snowshoe loop around Crater Lake being one of them. Ever since hiking to this national park on the Pacific Crest Trail, I always said I would come back to do a circumnavigation during the winter months….
Jump to the recipe… It is a real-to-goodness recipe!!! Maybe this stuck-at-home thing will pay off… Silently sneaking by a few weeks ago, we celebrated our second anniversary. Wahoo, #2! We took advantage of a kid-free weekend without sports to venture out for a trip to the Columbia River Gorge for a stay to…
A few weekends ago I had the opportunity to spend the weekend up in Canada with Josy from A Walk And A Lark and Lisa from West Coast Hiker Girl in Manning Park, BC, east of Vancouver. Lisa is a born and raised Canadian and knows the territory well, so she took over as our…
Last month, my friends Mark, Elle, Izzy (Snowdog) and I took advantage of one of my snow days to go play in the snow up at Snoqualmie Pass. This was my second time visiting this popular snowshoe route and once again, it did not disappoint. The trail to Kendall Peak Lakes sits just east of…