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2.5 days of Ice climbing in Ouray Ice Park in Ouray, CO. This was the second year in a row…and hope to make it an annual event. Fun to go with a group as this park is basically an ice…

This year Whistler won the coin toss…. Fun drive up on a Saturday, including a wander around Vancouver, BC. We stayed in Whistler Village, climbed Sunday and Monday, then drove home Tuesday…Woo Hoo, love these mini adventures. Not the best…

Headed out to the icy gorge Sunday…got as far as the Starbucks next to the Gateway P&R. Over a cup of coffee, we discussed options… Icy wind chill in the gorge, deep snow wallow at Mt Hood…or rare sunshine in…

Parker Creek, in the coastal range, just below the summit of Mary’s peak. We knew it would be a little warmer than the frigid gorge, and we were hoping for more ice than we found, but it turned out to…

Well, since it looked like it was going to rain all over the PNW, we thought we’d take our chances at Smith Rock… “it never rains at Smith”, right? Wrong… Luckily we had a plan B. It was to explore…

Glacier Peak… Deb and I have had this trip on the schedule for a while now. Day one, trailhead to Camp 1…White Pass. Very hot and buggy. Beautiful forest though. Day 2, camp 1 to High Camp…Glacier Gap. Very warn,…

Had three days to play this past weekend…so we decided to do the Fisher Chimneys route on Mount Shuksan, although the weather had different plans for us. With a weather system coming Sunday, we changed our plans for a two…

Last minute thought for the weekend…..Let’s drive south for 6-hours and climb Mount Hubris, The Ogre, Cosmic Wall….on Saturday…OK! Left work at 4:00pm Friday, and pulled into Dunsmiur at about 11:30pm. Parked the truck the next morning at the Crags…

I’d been looking at the Goat Citadel since my first trip up to Gilbert Peak in 2007. I was back up in the area for Big Horn but never made it back for Goat Citadel…until last weekend. Deb and I…

Evans Creek Canyoneer…..Exploratory, with Keith Campbell. Kevin Clark, and Kaitlin Rupert. Only info online was that there was an upper falls, mid falls, and a lower falls…that being said, we rapped 8-falls, plus a few down climbs and a few…

After a weekend of swift water canyoneering training, I mentioned the idea of dropping South Fork North Fork Breitenbush….instantly we had a team… and a day. Last Monday (6/27) four of us dropped the SFNF Breitenbush River, from the top…

Another fine drop last Sunday…Ruckle Creek. After a 2000′ foot gain, we dropped over 800′ to the creek. Another beautiful drainage with lots of green and old growth…and a few really nice waterfalls to rappel. Me, Wim, and Keith…. After…

Dropped this small drainage last Saturday. Again, another beautiful drainage. Had some nice short falls, a few short slides, and a nice low/moderate flow. Water and air temp was on the cool side so i’m glad we took wet suits.…

Did the full drop of Duncan Creek last Sunday, from Railcar Falls back down to Duncan Creek Road. This tour had a lot of variety….waterfalls, slippery rock, log jams, down climbs, slides, swimmers, and people. Fun way to spend a…

With a free day on Saturday, I decided to go and view the Breitenbush Cascades. Late start, so I started off with a filling breakfast in Woodburn, and arrived at the parking spot at about 11:15am. Good thing the days…

I heard that this creek may have some possibilities…as far as falls go. Sure enough! We dropped in off the road at the top of a small eastern trib that runs into Stafford Creek. This small trib included one of…

Dropped Parker Creek, in the Oregon Coastal Range (near Marys Peak) on Sunday. Short fun little canyon…. Where we begin, and end…. This is where we dropped into the drainage… Some scrambling required… Oh good, after almost two years…she’s still…

Always an adventure when Keith and I hit the forest. This time we’re looking for a drainage Keith’s had his eye on, spotting falls from I84. Well, we found, and dropped one of two forks of this drainage Keith calls…

Exploratory Weekend…. Saturday I explored a pinnacle that I have my eye on for a while. It sits out near the end of the NE ridge of Angora Peak. It’s a pretty easy short thrash from the abandoned road, along…

I’ve been looking at this loop for a couple of years…glad I did it yesterday. I used the South Breitenbush River trail for the first 2.5 miles, at which point I put the snowshoes on and headed up to Adventure…