Carrizo Plain Matthew and Amanda April 22-23, 2017 Until a few days before this trip, I had never heard of Carrizo Plain National Monument. As we were deciding where to go for the weekend, I browsed the map and spotted a large area of green that I hadn’t previously noticed,… Continue reading
Pineapple Pass BC Skiing April 22, 2017 Eric and Aaron We drove up to Snoqualmie Pass in the morning and started skinning up from the Alpental ski lot around 9:30am. Rain was forecast to start at noon, but we still wanted to fit in a short tour. We skinned up… Continue reading
Mount St Helens (8,333ft) April 21, 2017 Eric and Birkan The forecast was for sunny Friday, so we headed south from town in the morning to ski St Helens. There is currently snow all the way from the parking lot to the summit, making for an awesome 5000ft ski descent. We… Continue reading
Silver Star Mountain (8,876 ft) Eric and Aaron April 16, 2017 Highway 20 just opened up to Silver Star gate at milepost 171. We slept at the pullout near the gate Saturday night and started skinning up silver star creek at 6am Sunday. In a couple hours we reached a… Continue reading
Vantage Eric and Katie April 9, 2017 We had a fun day climbing a bunch of crack climbs at Vantage in eastern washington.
Mt Teneriffe (4788 ft) April 2, 2017 Eric and Katie We hiked up to Teneriffe Falls in the rain, then the rain changed to snow as we summitted. We hiked back over West Teneriffe to make a fun 13-mile loop. There’s still a lot of snow above 4,000ft.
Mount Pilchuck (5,340ft) Eric and Aaron March 26, 2017 We hit the trailhead at 7:30am on a rainy sunday morning, and ended up walking in our ski boots for a few miles on the closed gravel road until we reached snow. We put our skis on, but unfortunately the snow… Continue reading
Lassen Peak (10,457 ft) March 18-19, 2017 Eric and Matthew I flew down to CA for the weekend on Friday night, and Saturday morning Matthew and I drove north from Palo Alto to Lassen Volcano National Park. We checked in with the rangers and started skinning up the road towards… Continue reading
Driveway Butte – 5,982 ft February 26, 2017 Eric and Katie The original plan was to climb a Washington Hundred Highest mountain – Silverstar Peak (8,800ft). But when we arrived at Mazama in eastern Washington friday night, we discovered the road was closed an extra 7 miles from the trailhead…. Continue reading
Mt Washington – 4,400ft Feb 18, 2017 Eric and Katie We were looking for a short hike in the rainy/snowy weather, and Mt Washington is about the closest 4,000ft mountain to Seattle. We hit the trail by noon, ran into another group of Mitocers on they way up, and were… Continue reading