I had the good fortune and privilege to hike with guidebook author, Craig Romano on the weekend of Sept 8th 2012. Craig is the author of several of the Day Hiking series Mountaineers books. We hiked the Mt Whittier “trail” in the Mt Margaret Backcountry of Mt Saint Helens. We also hiked the Lakes trail …
A few months back, I decided at the very last minute to drive down to Mt Saint Helens for a hike and to see if I could figure out conditions on the Mt Whittier Trail. Mt Whittier had been on my to-do list all year and I figured I should go see for myself if …
Another climb of Mt Saint Helens this year with the Peninsula Wilderness Club. We drove down on the afternoon of Saturday the 11th of June and set up camp at the Marble Mountain Snow Park. Isaac, Paul and I, who all rode together, went off to explore the upper Ape Cave while everyone else socialized …
This was a last minute trip to the Goat Rocks Wilderness. I hiked the Snowgrass – Goat Lake loop with a side trip up to Hawkeye Point. Since it was last minute I couldn’t find anyone who wanted to go so I went solo. A shame since the weather was perfect. I couldn’t have asked …
June 12th and 13th 2010 This PWC trip was sponsored by Doug Savage. Doug had maxed out the limit of permits he could get so I purchased some permits also. Together we had 18 permits and 14 people ended up going on the trip.
On visiting some friends in Portland OR, I took the opportunity to get a local hike in. I chose Silver Star Mountain just outside of Vancouver WA. Hike was about 8 miles with about 2000′ of elevation Gain. Silver Star Mountain was consumed by fire in the Yacolt Burn in 1902 and the trees on …
I loved the thru-hike that my friends and I had done the week before but I felt like I missed out on a big part of the scenery because of the cloudy conditions on the first day. I got off of the ferry from my daily commute to Seattle on Friday and ran into Mike …
Thru-Hiking the Goat Rocks Wilderness with Mike and Robbin August 14th – 16th The Dream: I have wanted to thru-hike the Goat Rocks for a long time now and I finally got a chance to this year. Accompanying me on this trip were my friends Mike and Robbin from the Kitsap Climbers Group. We drove …
My friend Steve from my work and myself purchased permits to climb Saint Helens earlier in the year. Steve has climbed Saint Helens already a couple of times from Climbers Bivouac. The road to Climbers Bivouac when we were there had not opened yet (but it opened a couple of days after our attempt) so …
The day after my hikes in the Gorge, I drove over to Mt Saint Helens to stretch my legs and check out the snow levels there. I drove up to the new visitors center at Johnson Ridge (new to me, it wasn’t finished yet the last time I visited the volcano) and checked it out. …
I enjoyed the Goat Rocks so much the previous weekend, I had to go back.
Goat Rocks Wilderness Snowgrass Flat and Goat Lake September 7th 2008 After the crappy weather during Labor Day weekend this year, and after sitting around the house all day Saturday feeling sorry for myself because I gave up on an attempt to hike the Loowit Trail around Mt St Helens, I got up Sunday and …
This was one of Dawn and I’s first dates, a trip to the Ape Caves at Mt St Helens. Unsure of the exact date.
Not exactly sure of the dates. Lets just say August 1st 1995. The pictures are mostly of Lava Canyon at Mt Saint Helens.
Not sure of the date. We’ll just say Sept 1st. The pictures are of Lava Canyon and Ape Cave.