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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…

After noticing the suspended sediment in Detroit Lake, we decided to investigate where it’s coming from. Short Creek, above Breitenbush campground, has a lot of sediment flowing in the creek which flows into the Breitenbush River, that flows into the…

Fun Smith Weekend! Led Moscow on Saturday, and some sport on Sunday. Went with Mark and Natasha, Rob and Ember.

Did a nice thrash up to the headwaters of Ogle Creek and beyond towards Henline. Stayed dry most of the way in, but got rained on, on the way out. Mostly private timber land roads, with a couple thick thrashes…

First time at Ouray Ice Park in Ouray, Co. Pretty fun! Just a big Ice Crag. So many routes. A great place to go ice climbing with a large group. Went with Chris, Rob, Mark, Steve, Melissa, and Amy. Nice…

Deb and I stayed dry yesterday with our choice to head to Central Oregon. There seemed to be a constant threat of rain, but it never did. Cold, windy….but no rain. We did a nice loop inside the Crooked River…