Showing posts with label mountain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mountain. Show all posts

Getting high!

This has been a weird year, to say the least. Like so many others, I had international travel plans that had to be cancelled or rescheduled to who knows when. As a result, I’ve been taking to the mountains more than usual – who would have thought such a thing was even possible since I spent most of my weekends there last year as well! But this year has involved doing a lot more multi-day treks, both for the joy of it and condition myself for next September’s 9-day trek to circumnavigate Peru’s Ausangate and Rainbow Mountains. Which is going to be awesome.

So, without further ado, here’s a few shots from the recent forays. Enjoy!

 

Buckhorn Pass & Buckhorn Mountain:








 Nannie Ridge and Sheep Lake to Cispus Pass on the PCT:














As always, if you want more information of these trails, feel free to email me!


The mountains called - so I went

I love to hike. You might have noticed that by now. In these trying times of the global pandemic, it's more important than ever to stay sane and the mountains do that for me. I can be alone up there and even if I am not, there is plenty of fresh air to go around. Here in Washington people have been fairly smart about wearing masks and that goes for us hikers, too. Now that things are finally starting to look up, and most of our parks have reopened,I've been able to do some nice backpacking with a few other members of the Mountaineers who are luckily as careful as I am about masking up.

My humble abode


Elephant head

Shooting star

Marsh orchids

Royal Lake


The comet

Trail to Royal Basin

Olympic Marmot


Royal Basin



False Hellebore

Dinner!

Sunrise over Royal Lake