Footwear in the Cascades
The Most Important Piece of Gear Footwear is undoubtedly the most important choice one makes when going out in the mountains. Your shoes…
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Watson Blum High Route
Slow and Light The Watson Blum High Route connects the terrain between Mt. Watson, Bacon, Hagan, and Blum in the Baker Lake region…
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Chain Lakes, Bulls Tooth
Alpine Lake Perfection Most summers, my sister, her husband, and my dad try to go on a backpacking trip together. This summer, we…
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Granite Mountain Traverse
Racing the Sunset, Embracing the Moonlight Granite Mountain – few words install as much fear in the PNW Instagram hiker. The massive peak…
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Patterson Peak Loop
Exploring the White Clouds Back during my two month road trip in 2018, I spent my final week or so climbing and hiking…
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Teton Crest Trail
Trail Gold When I originally invited Sam on the Wind River High Route, the first thing he asked was if we could add…
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Togwotee Pass
Infinity and Beyond Within a stone’s throw of the legendary Wind River Range and the famous Tetons, the Absaroka Mountains are a much…
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Beartooth Plateau High Route
3 Boys, 300 Lakes, and a 3,000,000 Boulders During my extended road trip of 2018, the last stop was supposed to be the…
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The Grand Loop
Olympic Perfection Olympic National Park has a vast, interwoven network of wilderness trails. The valley approaches are long and the meadows are legendary….
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Mt. Goode, NE Buttress (5.5)
The Quintessential North Cascades There are certain climbs in the Cascades that have legendary status – the North Buttress of Bear, the North…
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