Summer 2020: Bulger list peak bagging day with friends on an Enchantment Core zone permit trip! Nice thing about tagging peaks in the core zone when you get to camp is that you can enjoy leisurely mornings. Set off about 9:30AM from camp above Perfection Lake and followed the trail east past the north end […]
Northern Italy and the Italian Dolomites
The Dolomites comprise a range of beautiful and storied mountains in northeastern Italy and the range is loved by romantics, artists, skiers, climbers, alpinists, hikers, and even base jumpers! As a result of the historical tension in this area, this part of Italy wasn’t always Italian! We discovered however that the turmoil of the past […]
6 Hikes for Out of Town Guests
We love it when friends and family visit us in Seattle, and no matter who it is they ALWAYS want recommendations on our favorite hikes. Showing visitors all the beauty that Washington has to offer is one of our favorite things to do, especially when we get to join in on the adventure! With five […]
Grand Tetons: Jackson, Wyoming to Driggs, Idaho & Everything in Between
The Grand Tetons might just be my new favorite mountain range! Prior to this year I had never been through Wyoming or Montana. Lee had done a trip out here with buddies back during dental school and immediately fell in love, so for years he has been dying to have us go together. Well, this […]
Climbing Mt. Rainier: Out of the clouds and onto the summit
The Puyallup people and other Native American Nations referred to Mt. Rainier reverently as Tahoma, which translated from Lushootseed has been hypothesized to mean ‘mother of waters’. As the most heavily glaciated peak in the lower 48 contiguous United States she certainly is the mother of waters with glaciers giving rise to lush forests, endless […]
Getting Intimate with a Glacier via Heliotrope Ridge
https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/heliotrope-ridge Want to get up close and personal with a glacier? We chose to do this hike for the main reason that there aren’t many places you can find yourself closer to a glacier without any technical gear. Glaciers are cool (literally!) for so many reasons and the Coleman Glacier on this blue sky day […]