Time is short and family politics prescribe that if I intend to stay out of the dog house I not miss the tournament’s 11 a.m. start time. I catch onto this with my wife’s cheerful comment, “It’s OK if you...Read More...
General Info. McGregor Mountain (8,122’t) sits at the end of the Stehekin Valley and is a fairly steep 7.5-mile hike up from the road accessing it. The first 6.5 to 7 miles of trail leads to Heaton Camp. From this camp it’s...Read More...
Summit Post details this trail nicely and includes photographs. Click here to view the post. Adapted from Summitpost.org: McClellan Peak sits in one of the most beautiful areas in all of the Washington Cascades, or for that fact, just about anywhere....Read More...
Photo: Looking down on Snow Lakes from the top of McClellan Peak. McClellan Peak Climb words and photos by Roger Gervin Taking advantage of the low-snow year of 2015 and fantastic weather window, BarbE, rocman, and I were able to...Read More...
“Water: First you ski on it, then you paddle in it.” It’s Friday, June 12, and Paul is enticing me to paddle the Chiwawa River. The river has a short season and that season is upon us. But my current...Read More...
Dan O’Connor and Chester Marler hiked the Massie Lake High Route as a long day trip on October 18. The pictures Dan sent us say it all as to why you might want to rush out and repeat the route....Read More...
Poet Ridge to Poe Mountain by Andy DappenEscape. Whether it’s the heat flooding over the Central Washington lowlands in summer, or the summer smoke chocking the Columbia Valley shrub steppe, or some other form of summertime blahs that has infected...Read More...
Summit Post details this trail nicely and includes photographs. Click here to view the post. Adapted from Summitpost.org: Little Annapurna is easily accessible by trail. One trail comes up from the Snow Creek Trailhead, a good ten miles or so distant...Read More...
Roger Gervin supplied the details and pictures for this post. He also posted about this destination in NW Hikers. Much like the stubborn railroad baron for which it is named, Jim Hill Mountain stands strong and defiant, guarding it’s relatively...Read More...
Summit Post details this trail nicely and includes photographs. Click here to view the post. Adapted from Summitpost.org: This is the quickest way to the summit and probably the least technical. A competent party should be able to do the climb...Read More...
