McClellan Butte is an iconic peak on the I90 corridor heading up to Snoqualmie Pass from Seattle. Its huge granite bulb juts out over dizzying couloirs that form avalanche chutes every winter and spring. It’s impossible to miss on the …
Category: Hiking
Trip Report: Putrid Pete’s Peak and Web Mountain
I took Wednesday off work and went out to Snoqualmie Pass with a friend to attempt my most ambitious climb yet. Putrid Pete’s Peak (PPP or 3P) – named for legendary mountaineer and K2 hero Pete Schoening. I’m not sure …
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Trail Report: Lake 22.
Lake 22 is one of Washington’s most famous alpine lakes. It ranks up there with Lake Colchuck for drama, beauty, and crowds. It’s much closer to Seattle that Colchuck is, and the approach is easier too. So it truly does …
Trip Report: Change Peak
Here in the Pacific Northwest, we are just beginning to emerge from the Coronavirus lockdown. Like a lot of people, I’ve been going stir-crazy from being largely home-bound. One way we’ve been passing the time is raising our own farm-fresh …
Trip Report: Little Bandera and Island Lakes.
In a change-up to my standard trail-running routine, on July 3rd, a work-friend and I went running after work on a Wednesday. Of course, with the holiday the next day, I didn’t need to be up early. But I admit …
Trip Report: Mt Baldy and Thomas Mountain.
June 16th we did a hike I’ve been wanting to do for several months, really ever since learning of it. Mt Baldy is a bare peak in the Alpine Lakes, part of a large ridge between Lakes Kachess and Cle …
Mount Ellinor Trail
For the first time since moving back to Seattle, I returned to the Olympic Mountains, with BB in tow. We decided to try to bag a peak on the peninsula. We found Mt. Ellinor, which seemed a good candidate. Just …
Trip Report: Dorothy, Bear, Deer & Snoqualmie Lakes.
This trail run doesn’t really have a name. It rises from the Lake Dorothy trailhead, in the Mount Baker – Snoqualmie National Forest. Heading out from Seattle, you go north up to highway 522 east, then 2 east, and then …
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Trip Report: Colchuck Lake.
Two weeks ago, we headed up to Leavenworth for the weekend. Leavenworth is quirky little town filled with Bavarian facades—very touristy. But it put us close to the Colchuck and Stuart Lake Trailheads for an early start on Sunday. Leavenworth …
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