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Eldorado Peak, North Cascades National Park
Another week, another trip to the mountains, this time heading north with Sam, Whitney, Tim and Andrew, our sights on Eldorado Peak in North Cascade National Park. In a range of peaks with names like Forbidden and Torment, Eldorado stands out with a friendlier designation. And it just might be too, while many of the surrounding mountains look seemingly unrideable for their…
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Van Trump Park, Mt. Rainier
King Peaker David and I set out for Rainier with the intention of trying to find some relative solitude away from Paradise. We tossed around the idea of Pyramid Peak but premonitions of bushwhacking and being lost pointed us towards a clearer objective – Van Trump Park. We followed the trail along the smooth granite…
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Coleman-Deming, Mt. Baker
Some of the peakers climbed Mt. Baker via the CD last weekend. We opted to skip any attempts at trailhead napping and decided to leave Seattle at midnight on Sunday morning. Fueled by the finest donuts in the 2 AM selection from Safeway, we pulled in to the trailhead around 2:45 and were walking by 3:30.…
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Nisqually Chute, Mt. Rainier
On Saturday we joined the mass-exodus from the lowlands up at Rainier and set our sites on Camp Muir. Anticipating an icy snowpack that would need some help from the sun in order to become enjoyable, we took our time through Puyallup, going as far as driving several exits in the wrong direction all in the…
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Wing Ridge, Wallowa Mountains
January 22 – January 25, 2015 A trip with 11 fellow peakers into the Wallowa Moutains of Northeast Oregon through Wing Ridge Ski Tours. Pre Day 1 – January 21st We took off after work and headed to Eastern Oregon. On the way we saw a bad ass wolf (maybe a coyote… not as cool) feasting…
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