PCT and Cispus Pass
On our second day we continued to climb in elevation and into the heart of the Goat Rocks Wilderness.
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Return to the mountains
The trailhead is at about 4000 feet elevation and we climbed about 1700 feet that day in only 4.5 miles.
Read More Return to the mountainsFive H’s
Helens, Hiking, Hummocks, Heavenly, Hoffstadt, and oh and…Happy
Read More Five H’sSt. Helens foothills
Forty years later it’s amazing both that there is so much life here, and that I can still see the devastating effects of the volcanic eruption.
Read More St. Helens foothillsHummocks Trail
All this beauty before me sprung out from that poor beginning.
Read More Hummocks TrailMirror Lake: The scenes I missed
In December I hiked to Mirror Lake and Tom Dick and Harry Mountain for the first time. Though the whole region was sunny that day, there was a little microclimate engulfing our local volcano, Mt. Hood. Snow actually fell during the hike. At the summit of the mountain, I was told that it is typically […]
Read More Mirror Lake: The scenes I missedThe Other Side of the Mountain
2000 years ago, Mt. St. Helens erupted with fluid lava.
Read More The Other Side of the MountainThese Photos Work
I must have been in the camera groove when I went to Mt. St. Helens.
Read More These Photos WorkMt. St. Helens Today
It does not look like any other place in the Pacific Northwest.
Read More Mt. St. Helens TodayDividends of patience
“Well, in answer to your question I’ll tell you about our 6:15 rule.”
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