North Craggy (8,205ft) and Eightmile Peak (7,840ft) May 22, 2022 14 miles biking, 8 miles hiking Sunday I planned to increase my washington top 200 peak count and I specifically wanted to target peaks that I wouldn’t be tempted to ski and that I could do solo. I wasn’t sure… Continue reading
Kellogg Island Highpoint (39ft) May 19, 2022 30 miles biking, 0.5 mile packrafting I left home 6:30am and biked 15 miles down to the Duwamish River. I then took the packraft off my back rack, inflated it, and quickly paddled across to a small takeout area. I put the boat… Continue reading
Silver Moon (8,252ft) and Ramble Peak (7,631ft) May 14-15, 2022 22 miles skiing, 13 miles biking Eric and Josh Josh flew in to town for the weekend and we wanted to climb some top 200 peaks where the weather was dry. Unfortunately this appeared to be one of the wettest… Continue reading
Desolation Peak (6,102ft) May 7, 2022, 2:30am – 10pm 45 miles hiking, 8 miles biking, 10,000ft gain I was looking to do a long hiking trip to a remote location to mix things up from my regular snowmobile + ski trips. I wanted to try to put on a lot… Continue reading
Yackima River Packrafting May 8, 2022 Katie, Lily and I dropped a bike at the bridge at Thorp then put in the boats at the boat launch just downriver from Cle Elum. We took the side channel around the log jam and then the river was nice and open, though… Continue reading
Genius Peak (8,039ft) May 1, 2022, 1:45am – 5:15pm 15 miles skiing, 40 miles snowmobiling Eric and Paul I was looking for a top 200 peak that had an interesting approach to the trailhead, and Genius Peak was a top contender. Genius Peak is generally accessed from the Phelps Creek… Continue reading