The previous weekend I made an attempt to hike up South Mountain. This time around I was better prepared and actually drew out a track to follow on my phone’s built-in GPS. I was successful this time around. I didn’t see a soul all day out there, probably due to the ambiguous signage that the …
Ok, so I wasn’t exactly lost, but I sure as heck didn’t find the top of South Mountain. For all the logging roads that criss-cross this mountain, I figured I could surely find a route, but I got a bushwhack instead. South Mountain is the southern most peak in the Olympic Mountains. To get there …
I heard the Griff Creek Trail was snow free so I headed that way this weekend. While the Griff Creek Trail doesn’t actually follow along Griff Creek, it does follow along the ridge next to it. The officially maintained trail ends at the 3300′ elevation mark but an unofficial trail continues on to a prominent …
I went up to Hurricane Ridge to go snowshoeing and hiked out to Hurricane Hill last Monday on the MLK holiday. The snow was very firm so I didn’t end up needing the snowshoes. The weather over the last week has been strange. The last few years we have had a strong inversion in January …
While looking for a place to hike this fine fall weekend, my friend Cheryl and I decided on Hawk Peak in the Olympic Mountains. You get to Hawk Peak by way of the Tubal Cain and Tull Canyon trails. I had been this route before on a hike we called the Koski Loop which is …
I took a hike with my friends Ron and Tess up to Blue Mountain on the Deer Ridge Trail. The day started out rainy as I left my house and the weather didn’t look too promising. I met Ron and Tess and Paul at the park and ride on the Port Townsend turnoff on Hwy …
I’m pretty stoked about this! I was asked several months ago from the art director of the Washington State Visitor’s Guide if they could use one of my photos. After ensuring I would be credited and learning of the payment details, I said sure. Why not? Its not the biggest photo in the magazine or …
Taking advantage of a break in the weather, I headed out once again to do the Ozette loop on the Washington Coast. My primary mission was to arrive kind of late and photograph the sunset, but truth be told, I was feeling rather un-inspired this trip and skipped the sunset. The loop consists of two …
Hayden and I went up to Hurricane Ridge for his very first snowshoe trip. I’d purchased some snowshoes for him the year before but it seemed that I could never find a good weekend to get up there with him until now. I think he did pretty good for his first time out and I …
I was supposed to do this trip on the previous weekend but since that was the 4th of July and I had priorities with family, I put it off until this weekend. I have hiked up the North Fork Skokomish countless times, either to do the Staircase Rapids loop or to go up to Flapjack …
Four of us, Soon, Paul, Isaac and myself, went up the Tyler Peak trail on Sunday June 26 2011. We did a loop, first summiting Tyler Peak where we had lunch. Afterwards, we worked ourselves across the ridge towards Baldy. When we reached the point that drops down towards the Maynard Burn trail, Isaac and …
On Sunday the 19th of June 2011 (Father’s Day), I sponsored a trip up to Buckhorn Pass and beyond, up to the un-named peak (peak 6470) on the Tubal Cain Trail. This was a nice high country trip into the alpine. I will refrain from calling it an early high country trip because by this …
My friend Isaac and I biked the Olympic Discovery Trail starting at Sequim Bay State Park all the way out to Kitchen-Dick Rd and then followed that road out to the Dungeness Spit. When we arrived at the Spit, we hiked out to the end and visited the lighthouse and had lunch. Afterwords we reversed …
Last weekend, I attended a snowshoe trip up to Hurricane Ridge sponsored by Doug Savage. Doug, Barbra and myself were the only people that attended. The drive to Port Angeles was quick but we were turned around at the Hurricane Ridge Road gate. The sign said they were still clearing 15 foot drifts of snow …
Lower Big Quilcene Trail January 30 2011 Inspired by Jim’s trip report from the 22nd, two different groups of people I know were planning to hike the Lower Big Quilcene trail. Isaac, Kyle and Craig were in one group, Ron, Tess, Paul N and myself in the other. A third set of folks I invited …