Stuart Range Traverse
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Stuart Range Traverse (September 10-11, 2011)
by Mike Rolfs
On a warm weekend in early September, Aaron Simmons and I set out from Ingalls Lak... Read More...
Cannon & Cashmere-4 Couloirs, 2 Days
Skiing Cannon Mountain and Mt. Cashmere - 4 Couloirs, 2 Days
By John Plotz
This ski touring season has been a struggle against inertia. Winter has been plagued with weather events that have rightly crea... Read More...
The Colors of Touring
The Colors of Touring
by Andy Dappen
My daughter paints in oils. One of her paintings on the living room mantle of a goat’s face, looks realistic from a distance but is swatch book of color when examined cl... Read More...
Climbing and Brownies
Sarah setting up a route by lead climbing. Kate Bonnett belaying.
Climbing and Brownies
by Sarah Shaffer
It has been a solid year since I last went rock climbing. A part of me wonders, if I... Read More...
A Ski for All Snowshoers
A Ski for All Snowshoers
by Andy Dappen
Sitzmark Ski Area, Washington. It was a world-record gathering of ‘Hoksters’ with over 75 people either bringing their own Hoks or wanting to test the ‘demo’ Hoks bro... Read More...
Smart Tubing
By Andy Dappen
"Smart" and "tubing" border on being mutually exclusive words— inner tubes were designed to inflate tires, not float rivers. If you want a smart craft, look to rafts, kayaks, canoes, mayb... Read More...
Chameleon Wall
Words and photos by Marc Dilley
Mark Shaffer and I recently tried out a new climbing sport wall in Tumwater Canyon. The Chameleon Wall is a vertical section of the west side of the popular February Buttress, t... Read More...
Harvest Moon Blues
Bill Dobbins wrote this poem after a couple evenings of climbing under the harvest moon.
Harvest Moon Blues
Did some craggin’ on Wednesday,
And the moon was shinnin’ bright.
Cragged some more on Thursday,
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A Troika of Mark
Marc Dilley leading Awareness Drooling.
by Andy Dappen
Two ancient climbers and a young, strong one went to Frenchman Coulee (Riverview Park) on Thursday to catch some rays before the onset of the sport clim... Read More...