Umtanum Falls and Black Canyon

This was an event I sponsored last October for my hiking club – the Peninsula Wilderness Club.  A lot of the events my club puts on are really close to home, which usually means the Olympic Mountains so I was excited to find out that there was 11 of us on this particular outing to …

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Lower Big Quilcene Trail

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 …

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Gray Wolf River Trail

My friends Ron and Tess invited me along to hike the Gray Wolf River trail. Ron and Tess just got married a couple of weeks ago and Tess was also getting over knee surgery from a few months back. Another friend, Cheryl and her daughter Stephanie also joined us. The hike was pretty straight forward. …

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High Divide Loop Dayhike

I did this loop last year as a day hike in the fall. I was eager to see this trail again and under different circumstances as it shed its winter coat. Being given notice that I would be able to hike on this Saturday at the last minute, my invites went out kind of late …

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