This was the last day in our backpacking trip into the Goat Rocks Wilderness, so after coffee and breakfast we packed up our camp there in the Jordan Basin to begin our hike back to the trailhead. The weather was spectacular and the views absolutely incredible. It was such a wonderful trail with views of not one, but three major mountains… Continue Reading →
Who heads back into the wilderness a day after being chased out by severe rain, hail and flooding (see Hike #58 – Rain, Hail, Floods – the Packwood Dryout)? We do! Here we are, at the trailhead for the Goat Ridge Trail, ready to hike back into the Goat Rocks Wilderness. Having originally planned this backpacking trip… Continue Reading →
Checking the weather forecast as we gathered our camping gear and filled our backpacks before leaving home, we knew rain was inevitable. We embraced the first snow of the season last year when we backpacked the Heather-Maple Pass Loop – Hike #76 – Heather Pass – Setting Up Camp. We did not let a day of steady rain dampen… Continue Reading →
It seemed that we had been looking forward to our Goat Rocks Wilderness trip all summer long, and finally (finally!) our September vacation time was upon us. Limited only to what we could carry in our backpacks, packing for a week long trip deep into the wilderness takes a little more planning than for a one or two night… Continue Reading →
Backpacking back into the Goat Rocks Wilderness to set up camp in the Jordan Basin the day after fleeing for a night to dry out in the town of Packwood, WA (go here –https://60before60.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/59-backpacking-goat-rocks-wilderness-berry-patch-to-jordan-basin/ – to read about that), we awoke to sunny skies. Mother earth had managed to absorb a majority of the four to six inches of precipitation that… Continue Reading →
Putting that new backpack and the hiking accessories received for my birthday (see: Happy Birthday – Sweet Sixty) to use, our first backpacking trip of the summer found us following the scenic Mountain Loop Highway to the Goat Lake trailhead. We registered for two nights of camping at the lake. Described by Craig Romano in the book Day Hiking – North Cascades… Continue Reading →
01 – Northern State Recreation Area 02 – Alger Alp (Little Baldy) 03 – Pine and Cedar Lakes 04 – Squalicum Promenade 05 – Sehome Hill Arboretum 06 – Whatcom Creek and Waterline Trails 07 – South Bay Trail 08 – Civic Trail 09 – Post Point to Fairhaven Park 10 – Teddy Bear Cove… Continue Reading →
I feel a sense of admiration for thru hikers each time we intersect with and/or follow a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) when we are out hiking. They travel the entire length of the PCT, all the way from the California-Mexico border, head north through the states of California and Oregon, and on through Washington until they reach… Continue Reading →
This was truly a bonus hike! We wanted to hike to Ptarmigan Ridge last year, but snows came early, then melted away, and our schedules allowed us but one more day of high country hiking. We chose to hike to Lake Ann that day (go here – Hike #83 – Lake Ann – to read about that hike). That… Continue Reading →
